Malerkotla in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Malerkotla in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malerkotla plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Malerkotla rose steadily, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Malerkotla's incremental SNDi rose from 4.7 to 4.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malerkotla ranked 34th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 1200th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.93
- Rank in India
- 1013th of 1868
- Rank in Punjab
- 32nd of 41
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.24
- Rank in India
- 1200th of 1868
- Rank in Punjab
- 34th of 41
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Norcross, United States
- Manzanillo, México
- Musoma, Tanzania
- Dong, China
- Guoyang, China
- Geelong, Australia
In new street additions, Malerkotla and Norcross both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Malerkotla and Norcross both became progressively more disconnected, while Dong fluctuated in connectivity.