Waidhan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Waidhan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Waidhan plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Waidhan 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, Waidhan's incremental SNDi rose from 7.01 to 8.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Waidhan ranked 92nd out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1772nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.89
- Rank in India
- 1707th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 90th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.79
- Rank in India
- 1772nd of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 92nd of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Port Sudan, Sudan
- Manado, Indonesia
- Kohat, Pakistan
- Chișinău, Moldova
- San Juan, Argentina
- Bloemfontein, South Africa
Waidhan, Port Sudan, and Chișinău all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.