Brahmapuri 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 Brahmapuri plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Brahmapuri followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Brahmapuri's incremental SNDi fell from 3.56 to 3.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brahmapuri ranked 100th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 744th 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?

• Guanqiao, China
• Kyaukme, Myanmar
• Itupeva, Brazil
• Maymana, Afghanistan
• Vinukonda, India
• Duitama, Colombia

In new street additions, Brahmapuri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Guanqiao built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Maymana built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Brahmapuri fluctuated in connectivity, while Guanqiao became progressively more disconnected and Maymana became progressively more connected. Brahmapuri and Guanqiao have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.