Sanchore 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 Sanchore plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sanchore was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Sanchore's incremental SNDi rose from 1.95 to 2.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sanchore ranked 13th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 147th 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?

• Bethuadahari, India
• Phusro, India
• Amuntai, Indonesia
• Lushan, China
• Rath, India
• Valenciennes, France

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