Dhoraji in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dhoraji in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DhorajiGujarat (Region)India (Country)

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?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DhorajiBinchuanKalaspur

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.