Digras 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 Digras plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Digras followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Digras's incremental SNDi fell from 3.94 to 2.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Digras ranked 122nd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1018th 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?

• Lunavada, India
• Shiroli, India
• Za Lun, Myanmar
• Muriaé, Brazil
• Kodaikanal, India
• Siswa Bazar, India

In new street additions, Digras fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lunavada built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Muriaé fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Digras fluctuated in connectivity, while Lunavada became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Muriaé became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Digras had a more connected network than Lunavada in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.