Daund 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 Daund plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Daund 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, Daund's incremental SNDi fell from 3.37 to 3.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Daund ranked 93rd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 694th 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?

• Kolaka, Indonesia
• Nefas Meewcha, Ethiopia
• Jizan, Saudi Arabia
• Mousani, India
• Uttaradit, Thailand
• Khwazakhela, Pakistan

In new street additions, Daund and Mousani both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kolaka built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Daund became progressively more connected, while Kolaka became progressively more disconnected and Mousani grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Daund and Kolaka have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.