Bardoli in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bardoli in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bardoli plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bardoli rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bardoli's incremental SNDi rose from 4.5 to 6.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bardoli ranked 69th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1340th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.36
- Rank in India
- 1451st of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 74th of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.57
- Rank in India
- 1340th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 69th of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Garhmuktesar, India
- Palangka Raya, Indonesia
- Lianxing, China
- Ciudad Guzmán, México
- Brantford, Canada
- Lancaster, United Kingdom
In new street additions, Bardoli and Garhmuktesar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ciudad Guzmán fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bardoli and Garhmuktesar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.