Bhadra in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bhadra in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhadra plotted against Rajasthan and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bhadra's incremental SNDi rose from 3.11 to 5.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhadra ranked 55th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 539th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.11
- Rank in India
- 1080th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 82nd of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.13
- Rank in India
- 539th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 55th of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Patran, India
- Barra do Garças, Brazil
- Kuthalam, India
- Candeias, Brazil
- Xiaodong, China
- Abyūhā, Egypt
In new street additions, Bhadra and Candeias both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Patran built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bhadra and Patran have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.