Bhusawal 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 Bhusawal plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bhusawal's incremental SNDi rose from 3.25 to 3.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhusawal ranked 91st out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 671st 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?

• Thái Nguyên, Vietnam
• Sungai Petani, Malaysia
• Khanewal, Pakistan
• Kalihati, Bangladesh
• Iași, Romania
• Girga, Egypt

In new street additions, Bhusawal and Kalihati both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Thái Nguyên built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bhusawal and Kalihati both fluctuated in connectivity, while Thái Nguyên became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Bhusawal and Kalihati have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.