Alwar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Alwar in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlwarRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Alwar plotted against Rajasthan and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Alwar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.18 to 3.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Alwar ranked 65th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 644th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.9
Rank in India
565th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
61st of 95

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in India
644th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
65th of 95

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlwarSaltaHuiyang

In new street additions, Alwar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Salta built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Huiyang built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Alwar and Salta have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.