Gandhidham in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gandhidham in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GandhidhamGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gandhidham plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gandhidham rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gandhidham's incremental SNDi rose from 2.48 to 2.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gandhidham ranked 10th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 215th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in India
193rd of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
12th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in India
215th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
10th of 92

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GandhidhamNarowalYar Hussain

In new street additions, Gandhidham and Narowal both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yar Hussain built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Gandhidham and Narowal both became progressively more disconnected, while Yar Hussain became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Gandhidham and Narowal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.