Khopoli 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 Khopoli plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khopoli 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, Khopoli's incremental SNDi rose from 5.61 to 7.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khopoli ranked 148th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1592nd 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?

• Kiambu, Kenya
• Medak, India
• Vandavasi, India
• Fanjiatun, China
• Hoechang, North Korea
• Brass, Nigeria

In new street additions, Khopoli and Kiambu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fanjiatun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Khopoli and Kiambu both became progressively more disconnected, while Fanjiatun fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Khopoli had a more sprawly network than Kiambu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.