Sujangarh 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 Sujangarh plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sujangarh 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, Sujangarh's incremental SNDi fell from 2.0 to 1.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sujangarh ranked 5th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 74th 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?

• Basmat, India
• Fenyang, China
• Farooqabad, Pakistan
• Bhaptiyahi, India
• Durba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Mehar Taluka, Pakistan

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