Dungarpur 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 Dungarpur plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dungarpur 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, Dungarpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.5 to 5.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dungarpur ranked 80th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 926th 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?

• Huaining, China
• Bulo Burto, Somalia
• Ormoc, Philippines
• Sirinagar, India
• Novocheboksarsk, Russia
• Sikka, India

In new street additions, Dungarpur and Huaining both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Sirinagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Dungarpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Huaining became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Sirinagar fluctuated in connectivity. Dungarpur and Huaining have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.