Merta City in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Merta City in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Merta City plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Merta City 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, Merta City's incremental SNDi rose from 3.69 to 3.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Merta City ranked 52nd out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 486th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.94
- Rank in India
- 576th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 63rd of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.03
- Rank in India
- 486th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 52nd of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Merta City built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jingle fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Limbdi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Merta City became progressively more disconnected, while Jingle fluctuated in connectivity and Limbdi fluctuated in connectivity. Merta City and Jingle have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.