Chiplun in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chiplun in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chiplun plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chiplun 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, Chiplun's incremental SNDi rose from 3.81 to 5.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chiplun ranked 125th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1052nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.09
- Rank in India
- 1076th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 124th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.97
- Rank in India
- 1052nd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 125th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Chiplun and Wates both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Madhupur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chiplun and Madhupur both became progressively more disconnected, while Wates became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Chiplun and Wates have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.