Latur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Latur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Latur plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Latur 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, Latur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.99 to 4.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Latur ranked 57th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 316th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.1
- Rank in India
- 627th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 85th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.66
- Rank in India
- 316th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 57th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Latur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zigong built increasingly connected streets over time and Kagoshima fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Latur and Kagoshima both became progressively more disconnected, while Zigong became progressively more connected. Notably, Latur had a more connected network than Zigong in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.