Barshi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Barshi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barshi plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barshi 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, Barshi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.73 to 4.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barshi ranked 116th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 870th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.08
- Rank in India
- 622nd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 83rd of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.69
- Rank in India
- 870th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 116th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Barshi, Chirand, and La Chorrera all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Barshi and La Chorrera have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.