Mahuva in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mahuva in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mahuva plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mahuva rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mahuva's incremental SNDi rose from 4.17 to 4.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mahuva ranked 46th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 875th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.85
- Rank in India
- 966th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 51st of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.7
- Rank in India
- 875th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 46th of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Jhanjharpur, India
- San Cristóbal de las Casas, México
- Beiliu, China
- Narasaraopet, India
- Al Hawiyah, Saudi Arabia
- Xiangshan County, China
In new street additions, Mahuva and Jhanjharpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Narasaraopet fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Mahuva had a more connected network than Jhanjharpur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.