Dhoraji in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dhoraji in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dhoraji plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dhoraji followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dhoraji's incremental SNDi fell from 3.27 to 1.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dhoraji ranked 2nd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 61st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.06
- Rank in India
- 26th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 3rd of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.59
- Rank in India
- 61st of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 2nd of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Dhoraji fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Binchuan built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kalaspur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Dhoraji fluctuated in connectivity, while Binchuan became progressively more disconnected and Kalaspur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.