Degloor 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 Degloor plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Degloor peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Degloor's incremental SNDi fell from 2.99 to 2.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Degloor ranked 31st out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 159th 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?

• Yizhang, China
• Kâhta, Turkey
• Rumonge, Burundi
• Repalle, India
• Mansfield, United Kingdom
• Columbia, United States

While Yizhang and Repalle both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Degloor built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Degloor grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yizhang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Repalle became progressively more disconnected. Degloor and Repalle have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.