Buldhana 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 Buldhana plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Buldhana was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Buldhana's incremental SNDi rose from 2.11 to 4.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buldhana ranked 33rd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 172nd 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?

• Xilinhot, China
• Buxar, India
• Dudahi, India
• Ruzhou, China
• Pristina, Kosovo
• Xinji, China

In new street additions, Buldhana built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Xilinhot built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ruzhou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Buldhana became progressively more disconnected, while Xilinhot grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ruzhou fluctuated in connectivity. Buldhana and Xilinhot have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.