Nagaur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nagaur in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NagaurRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nagaur plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nagaur 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, Nagaur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.08 to 4.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nagaur ranked 78th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 896th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.58
Rank in India
837th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
73rd of 95

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in India
896th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
78th of 95

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NagaurCorumFranceville

In new street additions, Nagaur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Çorum fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Franceville built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.