Selu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Selu in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SeluMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Selu plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Selu 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, Selu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.25 to 2.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Selu ranked 30th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 152nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in India
166th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
17th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.2
Rank in India
152nd of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
30th of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SeluShekiSanta Cruz de Barahona

In new street additions, Selu built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sheki built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Santa Cruz de Barahona fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Selu and Santa Cruz de Barahona both became progressively more disconnected, while Sheki grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Selu had a more connected network than Santa Cruz de Barahona in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.