Shahada 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 Shahada plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shahada's incremental SNDi rose from 2.41 to 3.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shahada ranked 60th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 353rd 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?

• دنجواي, Egypt
• Kütahya, Turkey
• Zhangjiajie, China
• Forbesganj, India
• Panabo, Philippines
• Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain

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