Darwha 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 Darwha plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Darwha 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, Darwha's incremental SNDi fell from 0.91 to 0.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Darwha ranked 2nd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 22nd 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?

• Kafue, Zambia
• Fengqiao, China
• Gongping, China
• বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath, Bangladesh
• Abu Kamal, Syria
• Silay, Philippines

In new street additions, Darwha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kafue built increasingly disconnected streets over time and বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Darwha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kafue became progressively more disconnected and বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Darwha and Kafue have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.