Malpura 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 Malpura plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Malpura 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, Malpura's incremental SNDi rose from 2.33 to 7.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malpura ranked 29th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 255th 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?

• Mustafakemalpaşa, Turkey
• Tilouthu, India
• Goondpur, India
• Shuijiang, China
• Naksimal, India
• Umarga, India

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