Mandvi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mandvi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mandvi plotted against Gujarat and India. While Gujarat and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Mandvi's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mandvi's incremental SNDi rose from 5.14 to 7.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mandvi ranked 85th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1610th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.45
- Rank in India
- 1618th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 84th of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.47
- Rank in India
- 1610th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 85th of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Barjora, India
- Inhambane, Mozambique
- Bodorganj, Bangladesh
- Viçosa, Brazil
- Basse Santa Su, Gambia
- Gadahinglaj, India
Mandvi, Barjora, and Viçosa all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Mandvi and Barjora both fluctuated in connectivity, while Viçosa became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Mandvi had a more connected network than Viçosa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.