Balapur 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 Balapur plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Balapur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.79 to 4.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Balapur ranked 126th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1129th 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?

• Mananwala, Pakistan
• Bayreuth, Germany
• Tekkali, India
• Ngaoundal, Cameroon
• Koboko, Uganda
• Belfort, France

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