Padra in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Padra plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Padra was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Padra's incremental SNDi rose from 2.91 to 6.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Padra ranked 41st out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 763rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kuancheng, China
• Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
• Kota Nunukan, Indonesia
• Maïné-Soroa, Niger
• Nidadavolu, India
• Weiqiao, China

In new street additions, Padra and Maïné-Soroa both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Kuancheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Padra and Maïné-Soroa both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Kuancheng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Padra and Kuancheng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.