Patan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Patan in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PatanGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Patan plotted against Gujarat and India. While Gujarat and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Patan's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Patan's incremental SNDi rose from 4.78 to 10.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Patan ranked 90th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1801st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.69
Rank in India
1751st of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
90th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.64
Rank in India
1801st of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
90th of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PatanTimikaNamakkal

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