Nilanga in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nilanga in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nilanga plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nilanga's incremental SNDi rose from 0.52 to 1.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nilanga ranked 1st out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 8th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.16
- Rank in India
- 33rd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 4th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 0.86
- Rank in India
- 8th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 1st of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Shostka, Ukraine
- Wolfsburg, Germany
- Narayanpet, India
- Jahanian, Pakistan
- Shibei, China
- Shencottai, India
In new street additions, Nilanga and Jahanian both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shostka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Nilanga fluctuated in connectivity, while Shostka grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Jahanian became progressively more disconnected.