Yawal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yawal in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YawalMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yawal plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Yawal followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Yawal ranked 76th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 521st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.1
Rank in India
521st of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
76th of 157

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YawalPohon SirihLauiyah Nandangarh

While Pohon Sirih and Lauiyah Nandangarh both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Yawal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Pohon Sirih and Lauiyah Nandangarh both became progressively more disconnected, while Yawal became progressively more disconnected. Yawal and Pohon Sirih have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.