Waladgaon 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 Waladgaon plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Waladgaon was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Waladgaon's incremental SNDi rose from 3.43 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Waladgaon ranked 112th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 844th 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?

• Najran, Saudi Arabia
• Attock, Pakistan
• Theni, India
• Jurong, China
• Udgir, India
• Banjarnegara, Indonesia

In new street additions, Waladgaon built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Najran built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Jurong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Waladgaon became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Najran became progressively more disconnected and Jurong fluctuated in connectivity. Waladgaon and Najran have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.