Bharuch in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bharuch in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BharuchGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bharuch plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bharuch rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bharuch's incremental SNDi rose from 5.17 to 6.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bharuch ranked 78th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1485th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.54
Rank in India
1496th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
78th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.97
Rank in India
1485th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
78th of 92

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
BharuchYixingStavropol

In new street additions, Bharuch and Stavropol both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yixing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bharuch and Yixing have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.