Kanauta 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 Kanauta plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kanauta was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Kanauta's incremental SNDi rose from 3.52 to 3.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kanauta ranked 75th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 784th 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?

• Passo Fundo, Brazil
• Sunyani, Ghana
• Rostock, Germany
• Hamirpur, India
• Moro, Pakistan
• Larbaa, Algeria

In new street additions, Kanauta built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Passo Fundo built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Hamirpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kanauta became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Passo Fundo became progressively more disconnected and Hamirpur fluctuated in connectivity. Kanauta and Passo Fundo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.