Parli in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Parli in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Parli plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Parli's incremental SNDi rose from 1.83 to 3.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Parli ranked 21st out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 124th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.44
- Rank in India
- 381st of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 51st of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.1
- Rank in India
- 124th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 21st of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Somerset West, South Africa
- Asella, Ethiopia
- Bordj Bou Arreridjj, Algeria
- Chlef, Algeria
- Turkestan, Kazakhstan
- Beersheba, Israel
In new street additions, Parli and Chlef both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Somerset West built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Somerset West and Chlef both became progressively more disconnected, while Parli fluctuated in connectivity. Parli and Somerset West have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.