Nathdwara 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 Nathdwara plotted against Rajasthan and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nathdwara's incremental SNDi rose from 3.96 to 5.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nathdwara ranked 87th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 1124th 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?

• Warud, India
• Dong-an, North Korea
• Balasinor, India
• Ariyalur, India
• Birgunj, Nepal
• Bedele, Ethiopia

While Warud and Ariyalur both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Nathdwara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Warud and Ariyalur both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Nathdwara became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Nathdwara had a more connected network than Ariyalur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.