Banswada 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 Banswada plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Banswada peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Banswada's incremental SNDi fell from 2.09 to 1.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banswada ranked 1st out of 47 cities in Telangana and 97th 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?

• Zóbue, Mozambique
• 天津经济技术开发区西区, China
• Łomża, Poland
• Los Cristianos, Spain
• Mathia Alam, India
• Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Spain

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