Tirora in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tirora in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TiroraMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tirora plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tirora 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, Tirora's incremental SNDi rose from 1.21 to 1.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tirora ranked 3rd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 23rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.97
Rank in India
109th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
13th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.21
Rank in India
23rd of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
3rd of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TiroraNapaMeko

In new street additions, Tirora and Meko both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Napa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tirora and Meko have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.