Sangli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sangli in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SangliMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sangli plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sangli 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, Sangli's incremental SNDi rose from 3.27 to 4.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sangli ranked 95th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 697th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.33
Rank in India
723rd of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
90th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in India
697th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
95th of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SangliSt. LouisSulaymaniyah

Sangli, St. Louis, and Sulaymaniyah all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Sangli had a more connected network than St. Louis in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.