Shahapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shahapur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shahapur plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Shahapur 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, Shahapur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.31 to 6.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shahapur ranked 153rd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1686th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.78
- Rank in India
- 1533rd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 148th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.93
- Rank in India
- 1686th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 153rd of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Manigachhi, India
- Sahebpur Kamal, India
- Hurghada, Egypt
- Gobichettipalayam, India
- Palghar, India
- Telford, United Kingdom
Shahapur, Manigachhi, and Gobichettipalayam all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.