Warud 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 Warud plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Warud 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, Warud's incremental SNDi rose from 3.36 to 3.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Warud ranked 77th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 528th 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?

• Dong-an, North Korea
• Balasinor, India
• Yame, Japan
• Nathdwara, India
• Ariyalur, India
• Birgunj, Nepal

In new street additions, Warud built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Dong-an fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Nathdwara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Warud and Dong-an both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Nathdwara became progressively more disconnected. Warud and Nathdwara have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.