Neral in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Neral in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Neral plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Neral 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, Neral's incremental SNDi rose from 5.88 to 5.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Neral ranked 150th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1625th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.91
- Rank in India
- 1346th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 137th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.54
- Rank in India
- 1625th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 150th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sathupally, India
- Qingping, China
- Nandikotkur, India
- Pattamundai, India
- Zaraza, Venezuela
- Ninh Binh, Vietnam
In new street additions, Neral built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sathupally fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Pattamundai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Neral and Pattamundai have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.