Street-network Sprawl in Pehowa, India

What is Street-network sprawl?

Street-network Sprawl is a way to measure urban sprawl, worldwide, through the connectedness of the streets. Less sprawl means more connected, more walkable streets. Well-connected streets – like New York City’s grid – are more walkable and can be served by public transit.

The street network is permanent, and its connectivity affects the livability and environmental footprint of cities for decades and centuries to come. In places with more connected streets, residents drive less and walk more. A well-connected street network is associated with better outcomes for health, the environment, sustainable consumption, social integration, and equity.

We can quantify how connected street networks are with the Street Network Disconnectedness Index (SNDi).

SNDi -- our measure of street-network sprawl (disconnectedness)

The SNDi is a comprehensive measurement of “sprawl”. It captures:

A higher SNDi means less-connected streets – i.e., more sprawl. For the 10137 cities in our dataset, the average SNDi is 2.25, with half of the cities' SNDis falling between 1.08 and 3.25.

More information on the sprawl index can be found in these research papers:

To see the state of street-network sprawl across the globe, visit the sprawlmap.

Pehowa: city in Haryana, India

What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.

View Pehowa, India on the sprawlmap

Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Pehowa as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 2.38, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.

Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are 0.38, 0.92, 3.09 and nan. Data was not available in 2001-2014.

Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Pehowa spans a total of 69 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed in 1991-2000. These roads have an SNDi of 3.09, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.

Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are 0.38, 0.69, 2.46 and 2.38. The aggregate street network in Pehowa increased in disconnectivity initially,but the trend has turned around after 2000.

Pehowa and Haryana do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Haryana rose steadily.

How do development practices in Pehowa fare in comparison to others in Haryana? out of the 36 cities in Haryana. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Haryana, street construction in Pehowa has become more disconnected. Pehowa ranked 25th in 1975, 29th in 1976-1990 and 15th in 1991-2000. There was no ranking in 2001-2014 due to unavailable data.

Pehowa and India do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in India rose steadily.

How do development practices in Pehowa fare in comparison to others in India? out of the 1716 cities in India. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in India, street construction in Pehowa has become more disconnected. Pehowa ranked 742nd in 1975, 974th in 1976-1990 and 520th in 1991-2000. There was no ranking in 2001-2014 due to unavailable data.

Pehowa and Haryana do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Pehowa peaked in 1991-2000, while the SNDi of street constructions in Haryana rose steadily.

To date, Pehowa is the 21st-most disconnected out of the 36 cities in Haryana. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Haryana, the street network in Pehowa has become more disconnected. Pehowa ranked 25th in 1975, 30th in 1976-1990, 18th in 1991-2000 and 21st in 2001-2014.

Pehowa and India do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Pehowa peaked in 1991-2000, while the SNDi of street constructions in India rose steadily.

To date, Pehowa is the 888th-most disconnected out of the 1716 cities in India. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in India, the street network in Pehowa has become more connected. Pehowa ranked 742nd in 1975, 1149th in 1976-1990, 732nd in 1991-2000 and 888th in 2001-2014.

As of 2015, Pehowa had a built-up area of 3.08 square kilometers, and a population of 89877 people.

These are some other cities with approximately the same population: