Ratnagiri in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ratnagiri in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RatnagiriMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ratnagiri plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ratnagiri 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, Ratnagiri's incremental SNDi rose from 4.51 to 4.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ratnagiri ranked 129th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1155th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.74
Rank in India
914th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
109th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.16
Rank in India
1155th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
129th of 157

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RatnagiriLjubljanaProddatur

While Ljubljana and Proddatur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Ratnagiri built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ratnagiri and Ljubljana have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.