Morbi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Morbi in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MorbiGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Morbi plotted against Gujarat and India. While Gujarat and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Morbi's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Morbi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.34 to 4.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Morbi ranked 27th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 459th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.08
Rank in India
619th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
29th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.97
Rank in India
459th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
27th of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MorbiCherkasyPoltava

In new street additions, Morbi and Cherkasy both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Poltava built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Morbi had a more connected network than Poltava in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.