Sagwara 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 Sagwara plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sagwara was at its lowest 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, Sagwara's incremental SNDi rose from 2.43 to 5.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sagwara ranked 41st out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 365th 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?

• Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
• Ngodo, Nigeria
• Assis, Brazil
• Dhrangadhra, India
• Longjing, China
• Chayab, Afghanistan

In new street additions, Sagwara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dhrangadhra built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sagwara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña became progressively more disconnected and Dhrangadhra became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.