Botad in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Botad in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Botad plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Botad rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Botad's incremental SNDi rose from 3.18 to 4.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Botad ranked 32nd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 575th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.08
- Rank in India
- 620th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 30th of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.2
- Rank in India
- 575th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 32nd of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sinnar, India
- Wuhai, China
- Yangluo Subdistrict, China
- Pemanggilan, Indonesia
- Filtu, Ethiopia
- Kunda, India
Botad, Sinnar, and Pemanggilan all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.