Kadi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kadi in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KadiGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kadi plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kadi rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kadi's incremental SNDi rose from 4.62 to 5.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kadi ranked 72nd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1391st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.24
Rank in India
1128th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
57th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.69
Rank in India
1391st of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
72nd 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
KadiNakhchivanZhob

In new street additions, Kadi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nakhchivan built increasingly connected streets over time and Zhob fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kadi became progressively more disconnected, while Nakhchivan became progressively more connected and Zhob fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Kadi had a more connected network than Nakhchivan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.