Sumerpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sumerpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sumerpur plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sumerpur 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, Sumerpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.25 to 3.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sumerpur ranked 51st out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 447th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.75
- Rank in India
- 500th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 58th of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.95
- Rank in India
- 447th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 51st of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Khemis El Khechna, Algeria
- Devakottai, India
- Nuneaton, United Kingdom
- Asendabo, Ethiopia
- Sunshine Coast, Australia
- Touboro, Cameroon
In new street additions, Sumerpur and Asendabo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khemis El Khechna fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.