Lonavala in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lonavala in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lonavala plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Lonavala 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, Lonavala's incremental SNDi rose from 6.09 to 7.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lonavala ranked 155th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1701st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.79
- Rank in India
- 1648th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 152nd of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.04
- Rank in India
- 1701st of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 155th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Almetyevsk, Russia
- Carúpano, Venezuela
- Chakradharpur, India
- Cartago, Colombia
- Tivaouane, Senegal
- Baturaja, Indonesia
In new street additions, Lonavala built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Almetyevsk built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Cartago fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Lonavala and Almetyevsk have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.