Chirawa in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chirawa in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chirawa plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chirawa 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, Chirawa's incremental SNDi rose from 1.9 to 2.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chirawa ranked 9th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 102nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.97
- Rank in India
- 251st of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 31st of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.89
- Rank in India
- 102nd of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 9th of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Muyinga, Burundi
- Surigao City, Philippines
- Bilqas, Egypt
- Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Cikijing, Indonesia
- Sivasagar, India
In new street additions, Chirawa and Muyinga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Katanga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chirawa and Muyinga both became progressively more disconnected, while Katanga became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Chirawa had a more sprawly network than Muyinga in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.