Palanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Palanpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Palanpur plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Palanpur rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Palanpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.58 to 6.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Palanpur ranked 73rd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1403rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.17
- Rank in India
- 1408th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 71st of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.72
- Rank in India
- 1403rd of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 73rd of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Palanpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hoshiarpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Al-Shatrah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Palanpur and Hoshiarpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Al-Shatrah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Palanpur and Hoshiarpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.