Amreli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Amreli in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AmreliGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Amreli plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Amreli rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Amreli's incremental SNDi rose from 3.42 to 4.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Amreli ranked 18th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 339th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.33
Rank in India
722nd of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
37th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.7
Rank in India
339th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
18th of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AmreliJiadongLa Vega

In new street additions, Amreli and La Vega both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jiadong built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Amreli and La Vega both became progressively more disconnected, while Jiadong became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Amreli and Jiadong have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.