Kopargaon 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 Kopargaon plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kopargaon peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Kopargaon's incremental SNDi fell from 5.09 to 4.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kopargaon ranked 137th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1248th 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?

• Thuringowa Central, Australia
• Guangrao, China
• Wengyuan, China
• Bahadurpur, India
• Moca, Dominican Republic
• Nawalgarh, India

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