Didwana in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Didwana in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DidwanaRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Didwana plotted against Rajasthan and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Didwana's incremental SNDi rose from 2.81 to 3.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Didwana ranked 45th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 375th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in India
318th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
41st of 95

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in India
375th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
45th of 95

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DidwanaBerdychivEgosi

In new street additions, Berdychiv and Egosi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Didwana fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Didwana and Berdychiv have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.