Jalore 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 Jalore plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jalore 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, Jalore's incremental SNDi rose from 2.71 to 2.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jalore ranked 18th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 166th 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?

• Rubuchi, Nigeria
• Ash Shamiya, Iraq
• Penrith, Australia
• Kraksaan, Indonesia
• Alamata, Ethiopia
• Villanueva, Honduras

While Rubuchi and Kraksaan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Jalore built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Jalore grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Rubuchi fluctuated in connectivity and Kraksaan became progressively more disconnected. Jalore and Rubuchi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.