Kalol in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kalol in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KalolGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kalol plotted against Gujarat and India. While Gujarat and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kalol's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kalol's incremental SNDi rose from 4.63 to 5.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.61

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.66

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KalolChangningCarpina

In new street additions, Kalol and Carpina both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Changning built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kalol and Carpina both became progressively more disconnected, while Changning grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.