Murtijapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Murtijapur in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MurtijapurMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Murtijapur plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Murtijapur peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Murtijapur's incremental SNDi fell from 2.88 to 2.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Murtijapur ranked 42nd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 227th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in India
171st of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
19th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in India
227th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
42nd of 157

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MurtijapurPolomolokGuangchang

In new street additions, Murtijapur and Guangchang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Polomolok built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Murtijapur and Polomolok both became progressively more disconnected, while Guangchang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Murtijapur and Guangchang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.