Anjar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Anjar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Anjar plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Anjar rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Anjar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.66 to 4.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Anjar ranked 38th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 639th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.19
- Rank in India
- 665th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 34th of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.31
- Rank in India
- 639th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 38th of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sidi Kacem, Morocco
- Odanthurai, India
- Luliang, China
- Gungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sohar, Oman
- Örebro, Sweden
In new street additions, Anjar and Gungu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sidi Kacem built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Anjar and Gungu both became progressively more disconnected, while Sidi Kacem grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Anjar and Sidi Kacem have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.