Udaipur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Udaipur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Udaipur plotted against Tripura and India. The SNDi of new construction in Udaipur rose steadily, compared to Tripura which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Udaipur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.49 to 6.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Udaipur ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Tripura as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.91
- Rank in Tripura
- 2nd of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.59
- Rank in Tripura
- 5th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Limbe, Cameroon
- Luputa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Wanlaweyn, Somalia
- Balneário Camboriú, Brazil
- Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Udaipur, Limbe, and Wanlaweyn all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.