Katol 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 Katol plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Katol rose steadily, 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, Katol's incremental SNDi rose from 1.91 to 2.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Katol ranked 12th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 88th 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?

• Melka Chireti, Ethiopia
• Nanzhao, China
• Solan, India
• Patase, Ghana
• Jokihat, India
• Kafr Ibrash, Egypt

In new street additions, Katol and Patase both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Melka Chireti built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Katol and Patase both became progressively more disconnected, while Melka Chireti fluctuated in connectivity. Katol and Melka Chireti have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.