Baramati in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Baramati in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baramati plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Baramati rose steadily, 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, Baramati's incremental SNDi rose from 5.38 to 6.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baramati ranked 147th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1577th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.68
- Rank in India
- 1523rd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 147th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.31
- Rank in India
- 1577th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 147th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Gwoza, Nigeria
- Ciudad del Carmen, México
- MohammadAbad-e Rigan, Iran
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Shuantaizi, China
- Kotli, Azad Kashmir
In new street additions, Baramati built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gwoza fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Reykjavik fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Baramati and Gwoza both became progressively more disconnected, while Reykjavik fluctuated in connectivity. Baramati and Gwoza have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.