Himatnagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Himatnagar in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HimatnagarGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Himatnagar plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Himatnagar rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Himatnagar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.77 to 3.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Himatnagar ranked 25th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 425th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.34
Rank in India
342nd of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
17th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.89
Rank in India
425th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
25th 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
HimatnagarAlipurduarKotabumi

Himatnagar, Alipurduar, and Kotabumi all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Himatnagar had a more sprawly network than Alipurduar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.