Chomu 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 Chomu plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chomu was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Chomu's incremental SNDi rose from 3.78 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chomu ranked 82nd out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 1026th 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?

• Mengzhou, China
• Orani, Philippines
• Hailakandi, India
• Foggia, Italy
• Zhijiang, China
• Salzburg, Austria

In new street additions, Chomu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Mengzhou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Foggia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Chomu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Mengzhou fluctuated in connectivity and Foggia became progressively more disconnected.