Pali in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pali in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PaliRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pali plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pali peaked 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, Pali's incremental SNDi fell from 3.03 to 2.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pali ranked 49th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 423rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in India
232nd of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
28th of 95

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.88
Rank in India
423rd of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
49th of 95

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PaliSan PabloChhibramau

In new street additions, Pali built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while San Pablo built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Chhibramau fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pali grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while San Pablo became progressively more disconnected and Chhibramau became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Pali had a more connected network than Chhibramau in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.