Wardha 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 Wardha plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Wardha's incremental SNDi rose from 2.62 to 3.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wardha ranked 58th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 328th 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?

• Spokane, United States
• Sanmenxia, China
• Chaohu, China
• Point Cook, Australia
• Mek'elē, Ethiopia
• Nautan, India

In new street additions, Wardha fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Spokane built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Point Cook fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Wardha and Spokane both became progressively more disconnected, while Point Cook fluctuated in connectivity. Wardha and Point Cook have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.