Kalyan-Dombivli in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kalyan-Dombivli in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kalyan-Dombivli plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kalyan-Dombivli's incremental SNDi rose from 4.64 to 6.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kalyan-Dombivli ranked 135th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1235th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.2
- Rank in India
- 1417th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 141st of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.34
- Rank in India
- 1235th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 135th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Fuzhou, China
- Algiers, Algeria
- Owerri, Nigeria
- Savar, Bangladesh
- P'yŏngyang, North Korea
- Nanning, China
In new street additions, Kalyan-Dombivli and Fuzhou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Savar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kalyan-Dombivli and Fuzhou both became progressively more disconnected, while Savar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.