Ambad 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 Ambad plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ambad 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, Ambad's incremental SNDi rose from 2.78 to 3.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ambad ranked 19th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 119th 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?

• Arzuiyeh, Iran
• Pyoksong, North Korea
• An Khê, Vietnam
• Butler, Australia
• Tukh al Qaramuss wa Kafr Sarkis Mansur, Egypt
• Tarkwa, Ghana

While Arzuiyeh and Butler both built increasingly connected streets over time, Ambad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Arzuiyeh and Butler both became progressively more connected, while Ambad became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ambad and Arzuiyeh have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.