Bundi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bundi in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BundiRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bundi plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bundi rose steadily, compared to Rajasthan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bundi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.37 to 4.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bundi ranked 43rd out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 369th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.81
Rank in India
949th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
78th of 95

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in India
369th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
43rd of 95

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BundiMairena del AljarafeSagorkuti

In new street additions, Bundi and Sagorkuti both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mairena del Aljarafe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Bundi had a more connected network than Mairena del Aljarafe in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.