Kodinar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kodinar plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kodinar was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kodinar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.97 to 4.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kodinar ranked 60th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1044th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Sher Chakla, India
• Iowa City, United States
• Mirebalais, Haiti
• Perugia, Italy
• Przemyśl, Poland
• Cutral Có, Argentina

While Sher Chakla and Perugia both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Kodinar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Kodinar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Sher Chakla grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Perugia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.