Singrauli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Singrauli plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Singrauli rose steadily, compared to Madhya Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Singrauli's incremental SNDi rose from 4.96 to 6.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Singrauli ranked 81st out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1522nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

• Quchan, Iran
• Minquan, China
• Barbacena, Brazil
• Tumbes, Peru
• Guangfu, China
• Bawku, Ghana

In new street additions, Singrauli and Quchan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tumbes fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Singrauli and Quchan both became progressively more disconnected, while Tumbes fluctuated in connectivity. Singrauli and Quchan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.