Phaltan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Phaltan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Phaltan plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Phaltan 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, Phaltan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.3 to 5.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Phaltan ranked 96th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 716th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.52
- Rank in India
- 1226th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 131st of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.43
- Rank in India
- 716th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 96th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Hassi Bahbah, Algeria
- Kundla, India
- Oleksandriia, Ukraine
- Arapongas, Brazil
- Đức Hòa, Vietnam
- Putrajaya, Malaysia
In new street additions, Phaltan and Arapongas both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hassi Bahbah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Phaltan and Hassi Bahbah have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.