Phaltan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Phaltan in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PhaltanMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

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?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PhaltanHassi BahbahArapongas

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.