Mahesana in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mahesana in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mahesana plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mahesana rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mahesana's incremental SNDi rose from 7.44 to 7.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mahesana ranked 89th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1787th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.99
- Rank in India
- 1661st of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 85th of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.25
- Rank in India
- 1787th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 89th of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Xianyou, China
- Daska, Pakistan
- Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
- Ganja, Azerbaijan
- Bijie, China
- Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
While Xianyou and Ganja both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Mahesana built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Mahesana and Ganja have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.