Jamnagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jamnagar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jamnagar plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jamnagar rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jamnagar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.5 to 4.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jamnagar ranked 31st out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 536th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.07
- Rank in India
- 618th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 28th of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.13
- Rank in India
- 536th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 31st of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Arusha, Tanzania
- Cabinda, Angola
- Haridwar, India
- Şanlıurfa, Turkey
- Liaoyang, China
In new street additions, Jamnagar and Haridwar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Goma fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jamnagar and Haridwar both became progressively more disconnected, while Goma fluctuated in connectivity. Jamnagar and Goma have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.