Solapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Solapur in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SolapurMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Solapur plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Solapur 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, Solapur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.37 to 4.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Solapur ranked 66th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 379th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.61
Rank in India
854th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
107th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in India
379th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
66th of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SolapurNaraTuen Mun

In new street additions, Solapur and Tuen Mun both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Solapur had a more connected network than Nara in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.