Tonk 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 Tonk plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tonk peaked 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, Tonk's incremental SNDi fell from 3.33 to 3.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tonk ranked 58th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 571st 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?

• Santa Teresa del Tuy, Venezuela
• Rajnandgaon, India
• Ogale, Nigeria
• Bayamo, Cuba
• Gushi, China
• Rabak, Sudan

While Santa Teresa del Tuy and Bayamo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Tonk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Santa Teresa del Tuy and Bayamo both became progressively more disconnected, while Tonk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Tonk and Santa Teresa del Tuy have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.