Pilani in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pilani in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PilaniRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pilani plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pilani 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, Pilani's incremental SNDi rose from 2.6 to 2.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pilani ranked 26th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 236th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.83
Rank in India
214th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
25th of 95

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in India
236th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
26th of 95

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

What about similarly populated cities?

51015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
51015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PilaniTachileikBhatapara

In new street additions, Pilani and Bhatapara both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tachileik fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Pilani and Bhatapara have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.