Dhrangadhra 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 Dhrangadhra plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dhrangadhra was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dhrangadhra's incremental SNDi rose from 3.25 to 4.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dhrangadhra ranked 42nd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 779th 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?

• Sagwara, India
• Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
• Ngodo, Nigeria
• Longjing, China
• Chayab, Afghanistan
• Sattahip, Thailand

In new street additions, Dhrangadhra built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Sagwara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Longjing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Dhrangadhra became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Sagwara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Longjing fluctuated in connectivity. Dhrangadhra and Longjing have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.