Faizpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Faizpur in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FaizpurMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Faizpur plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Faizpur 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, Faizpur's incremental SNDi fell from 1.72 to 0.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Faizpur ranked 11th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 78th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
0.75
Rank in India
13th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
2nd of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in India
78th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
11th of 157

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FaizpurRoeselareEl Estor

While Roeselare and El Estor both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Faizpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Roeselare and El Estor both became progressively more disconnected, while Faizpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Faizpur and El Estor have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.