Balasinor in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Balasinor plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Balasinor rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Balasinor's incremental SNDi rose from 3.26 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Balasinor ranked 35th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 589th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Yame, Japan
• Shanzhou, China
• Emin/Dörbiljin, China
• Dong-an, North Korea
• Warud, India
• Nathdwara, India

In new street additions, Balasinor built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yame built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Dong-an fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Balasinor and Yame both became progressively more disconnected, while Dong-an became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.