Deesa 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 Deesa plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Deesa rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Deesa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.97 to 6.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Deesa ranked 83rd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1599th 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?

• East London, South Africa
• Longchang, China
• Terrassa, Spain
• Gangapur City, India
• Qamishli, Syria
• Padua, Italy

In new street additions, Deesa and East London both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gangapur City fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Deesa and East London both became progressively more disconnected, while Gangapur City fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Deesa had a more connected network than East London in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.