Beawar 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 Beawar plotted against Rajasthan and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Beawar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.51 to 4.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beawar ranked 72nd out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 762nd 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?

• Münster, Germany
• Qingbaijiang, China
• Bihpur, India
• Ulanhot, China
• Petrozavodsk, Russia
• Pinggu, China

In new street additions, Beawar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Münster built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ulanhot built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Beawar and Münster both became progressively more disconnected, while Ulanhot grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Beawar and Münster have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.