Nawalgarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nawalgarh in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nawalgarh plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nawalgarh 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, Nawalgarh's incremental SNDi rose from 3.85 to 6.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nawalgarh ranked 83rd out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 1047th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.16
- Rank in India
- 1405th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 90th of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.95
- Rank in India
- 1047th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 83rd of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Moca, Dominican Republic
- Bahadurpur, India
- Kopargaon, India
- Lantian, China
- Doda, Jammu and Kashmir
- Cotorro, Cuba
Nawalgarh, Moca, and Lantian all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Nawalgarh and Lantian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.