Nanded in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nanded in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nanded plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nanded 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, Nanded's incremental SNDi rose from 3.63 to 4.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nanded ranked 105th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 787th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.41
- Rank in India
- 762nd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 95th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.54
- Rank in India
- 787th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 105th 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, Nanded and Kharagpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cuttack built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Nanded and Kharagpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Cuttack grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Nanded had a more connected network than Cuttack in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.