Kamrej in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kamrej in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kamrej plotted against Gujarat and India. While Gujarat and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kamrej's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kamrej's incremental SNDi rose from 4.86 to 5.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kamrej ranked 82nd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1565th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.75
- Rank in India
- 1302nd of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 66th of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.25
- Rank in India
- 1565th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 82nd of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kamrej and Maicao both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zabol built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kamrej became progressively more disconnected, while Maicao grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Zabol became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Kamrej and Maicao have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.