Baramati in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baramati in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaramatiMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

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?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaramatiGwozaReykjavik

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.