Kosamba in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kosamba in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kosamba plotted against Gujarat and India. While Gujarat and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kosamba's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kosamba's incremental SNDi rose from 2.52 to 5.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kosamba ranked 62nd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1093rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.19
- Rank in India
- 1109th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 56th of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.04
- Rank in India
- 1093rd of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 62nd of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Castelldefels, Spain
- Calbayog, Philippines
- Kandiaro, Pakistan
- Wadi, India
- Sahatwar, India
- Amangarh, Pakistan
Kosamba, Castelldefels, and Wadi all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Kosamba and Wadi both fluctuated in connectivity, while Castelldefels became progressively more disconnected. Kosamba and Castelldefels have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.