Makrana in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Makrana in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Makrana plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Makrana peaked 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, Makrana's incremental SNDi fell from 2.1 to 0.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Makrana ranked 15th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 157th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 0.61
- Rank in India
- 9th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 2nd of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.21
- Rank in India
- 157th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 15th of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Guider, Cameroon
- Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir
- Zhangpu, China
- Mannargudi, India
- Bizerte, Tunisia
- Man, Côte d'Ivoire
In new street additions, Makrana and Guider both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Mannargudi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Makrana grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Guider fluctuated in connectivity and Mannargudi became progressively more disconnected. Makrana and Guider have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.