Satara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Satara plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Satara's incremental SNDi rose from 3.47 to 4.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Satara ranked 115th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 867th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Nankang, China
• Montes Claros, Brazil
• Hulan, China
• Kebumen, Indonesia
• Posadas, Argentina
• Lüliang, China

In new street additions, Satara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nankang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kebumen built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Satara fluctuated in connectivity, while Nankang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kebumen became progressively more disconnected. Satara and Nankang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.