Amalner 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 Amalner plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Amalner followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Amalner's incremental SNDi fell from 2.59 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Amalner ranked 27th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 140th 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?

• Quevedo, Ecuador
• Cabo San Lucas, México
• Bondowoso, Indonesia
• Águas Lindas de Goiás, Brazil
• Bechar, Algeria
• Laghouat, Algeria

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