Dondaicha 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 Dondaicha plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dondaicha followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Dondaicha's incremental SNDi fell from 4.22 to 3.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dondaicha ranked 80th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 546th 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?

• Loushan, China
• Amrit, Egypt
• Siyana, India
• Rabakavi Banahatti, India
• Gummi, Nigeria
• Sahel Silim, Egypt

In new street additions, Dondaicha and Loushan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rabakavi Banahatti fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Dondaicha became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Loushan fluctuated in connectivity and Rabakavi Banahatti grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Dondaicha had a more connected network than Rabakavi Banahatti in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.