Vasai-Virar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Vasai-Virar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Vasai-Virar plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Vasai-Virar's incremental SNDi rose from 4.72 to 5.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Vasai-Virar ranked 143rd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 1407th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.37
- Rank in India
- 1171st of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 128th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.76
- Rank in India
- 1407th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 143rd of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Vasai-Virar and Valencia both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Vijayawada built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Vasai-Virar and Valencia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.