Kolhapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kolhapur 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
KolhapurMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kolhapur plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kolhapur 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, Kolhapur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.41 to 4.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kolhapur ranked 86th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 623rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.33
Rank in India
727th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
92nd of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in India
623rd of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
86th of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KolhapurShahjahanpurLinfen

In new street additions, Kolhapur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shahjahanpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Linfen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kolhapur and Shahjahanpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Linfen fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Kolhapur had a more connected network than Linfen in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.