Dahanu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dahanu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dahanu plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dahanu peaked 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, Dahanu's incremental SNDi fell from 3.77 to 3.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dahanu ranked 141st out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1381st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.73
- Rank in India
- 486th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 67th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.65
- Rank in India
- 1381st of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 141st of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Wuji, China
- Turtkul, Uzbekistan
- Gwangwa, Ethiopia
- Tank, Pakistan
- Rosh HaAyin, Israel
- Srinagar, India
In new street additions, Dahanu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Wuji fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tank built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Wuji and Tank both became progressively more disconnected, while Dahanu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.