Shikrapur 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 Shikrapur plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Shikrapur 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, Shikrapur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.74 to 6.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shikrapur ranked 149th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1618th 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?

• Wukro, Ethiopia
• Midu, China
• Bulungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Al Tallin, Egypt
• Burton Latimer, United Kingdom
• Paithan, India

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