Mangrul Pir 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 Mangrul Pir plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mangrul Pir 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, Mangrul Pir's incremental SNDi rose from 4.69 to 14.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mangrul Pir ranked 97th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 722nd 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?

• Ar Rubu`, Yemen
• Qubodiyon, Tajikistan
• Kharan, Pakistan
• Anlong Veng, Cambodia
• Bishah, Saudi Arabia
• Capulhuac de Mirafuentes, México

In new street additions, Mangrul Pir built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ar Rubu` fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Anlong Veng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mangrul Pir became progressively more disconnected, while Ar Rubu` became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Anlong Veng fluctuated in connectivity. Mangrul Pir and Anlong Veng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.