Uran in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Uran in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Uran plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Uran 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, Uran's incremental SNDi rose from 4.18 to 4.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Uran ranked 128th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1153rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.91
- Rank in India
- 997th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 117th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.16
- Rank in India
- 1153rd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 128th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Yutai, China
- Abu Bisht, Egypt
- Mankweng, South Africa
- Chibuto, Mozambique
- Morshi, India
- Bălți, Moldova
In new street additions, Uran and Chibuto both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yutai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Uran and Chibuto both became progressively more disconnected, while Yutai became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.