Malkapur 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 Malkapur plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Malkapur was at its lowest 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, Malkapur's incremental SNDi rose from 1.9 to 2.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malkapur ranked 28th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 141st 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?

• Umm Hajar, Chad
• Xupu, China
• Joypurhat, Bangladesh
• Ogden, United States
• Gadarwara, India
• Nazilli, Turkey

In new street additions, Malkapur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Umm Hajar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Ogden built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Malkapur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Umm Hajar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Ogden became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Malkapur had a more sprawly network than Umm Hajar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.