Dharashiv in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dharashiv in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dharashiv plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Dharashiv's incremental SNDi rose from 3.43 to 4.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dharashiv ranked 101st out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 760th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.46
- Rank in India
- 788th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 100th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.49
- Rank in India
- 760th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 101st of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Koriyama, Japan
- Gillingham, United Kingdom
- Mianwali, Pakistan
- Cabanatuan, Philippines
- Urgench, Uzbekistan
- Dingzhou, China
While Koriyama and Cabanatuan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Dharashiv fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Dharashiv and Cabanatuan both became progressively more disconnected, while Koriyama grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Dharashiv and Koriyama have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.