Junagadh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Junagadh 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
JunagadhGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Junagadh plotted against Gujarat and India. While Gujarat and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Junagadh's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Junagadh's incremental SNDi rose from 2.95 to 4.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Junagadh ranked 34th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 581st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.11
Rank in India
632nd of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
31st of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.21
Rank in India
581st of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
34th of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JunagadhTiruvannamalaiOron

In new street additions, Junagadh and Oron both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tiruvannamalai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Junagadh and Oron both became progressively more disconnected, while Tiruvannamalai became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Junagadh and Tiruvannamalai have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.