Karad 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 Karad plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Karad's incremental SNDi rose from 4.21 to 6.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Karad ranked 134th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1233rd 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?

• Bridgeport, United States
• Nacala, Mozambique
• Hyesan, North Korea
• Payyanur, India
• جیرفت, Iran
• Kamalia, Pakistan

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