Wani in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wani in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wani plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Wani 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, Wani's incremental SNDi rose from 2.61 to 3.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wani ranked 64th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 360th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.63
- Rank in India
- 440th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 57th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.75
- Rank in India
- 360th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 64th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Marvdasht, Iran
- Chandrapura, India
- Фокинский район, Russia
- Ilawe-Ekiti, Nigeria
- Pingjiang, China
- Bataysk, Russia
In new street additions, Wani and Ilawe-Ekiti both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Marvdasht built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Wani and Ilawe-Ekiti both became progressively more disconnected, while Marvdasht became progressively more connected. Wani and Marvdasht have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.