Shevgaon 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 Shevgaon plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Shevgaon was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Shevgaon's incremental SNDi rose from 1.71 to 4.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shevgaon ranked 14th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 93rd 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?

• Sitarganj, India
• Torrevieja, Spain
• Pagar Alam, Indonesia
• Ruyang County, China
• Jaggayyapeta, India
• Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

In new street additions, Shevgaon built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Sitarganj built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ruyang County built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Shevgaon became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Sitarganj became progressively more disconnected and Ruyang County grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Shevgaon and Sitarganj have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.