Kinwat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kinwat in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KinwatMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kinwat plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kinwat's incremental SNDi rose from 3.82 to 5.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kinwat ranked 132nd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1198th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.11
Rank in India
1083rd of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
125th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.24
Rank in India
1198th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
132nd of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KinwatShahbazpurBender

In new street additions, Kinwat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shahbazpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bender built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kinwat fluctuated in connectivity, while Shahbazpur became progressively more disconnected and Bender became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Kinwat and Shahbazpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.