Sainagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sainagar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sainagar plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sainagar 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, Sainagar's incremental SNDi rose from 4.3 to 5.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sainagar ranked 140th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1342nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.76
- Rank in India
- 1303rd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 133rd of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.58
- Rank in India
- 1342nd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 140th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Luodong, Taiwan
- Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone, China
- Lahijan, Iran
- Ratodero, Pakistan
- Wanzhi, China
- Ponnur, India
In new street additions, Sainagar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Luodong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ratodero fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sainagar and Luodong both became progressively more disconnected, while Ratodero fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Sainagar had a more connected network than Ratodero in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.