Akkalkot 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 Akkalkot plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Akkalkot was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Maharashtra which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Akkalkot's incremental SNDi rose from 2.67 to 3.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akkalkot ranked 40th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 222nd 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?

• Huayuan, China
• Salina Cruz, México
• Buulo Mareer, Somalia
• Lafiagi, Nigeria
• Dikiran, Egypt
• Worcester, South Africa

In new street additions, Akkalkot built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Huayuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Lafiagi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Akkalkot became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Huayuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Lafiagi fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Akkalkot had a more sprawly network than Huayuan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.