Motikhavdi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Motikhavdi in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MotikhavdiGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Motikhavdi plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Motikhavdi followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Motikhavdi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.67 to 4.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Motikhavdi ranked 61st out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1046th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.54
Rank in India
823rd of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
41st of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.95
Rank in India
1046th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
61st of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MotikhavdiJonkopingLawrenceville

While Jönköping and Lawrenceville both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Motikhavdi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Jönköping and Lawrenceville both became progressively more disconnected, while Motikhavdi fluctuated in connectivity. Motikhavdi and Jönköping have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.