Petlad in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Petlad in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Petlad plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Petlad followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Petlad's incremental SNDi fell from 1.43 to 1.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Petlad ranked 1st out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 26th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.03
- Rank in India
- 23rd of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 2nd of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.26
- Rank in India
- 26th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 1st of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Muse, Myanmar
- Srivilliputtur, India
- Asamankese, Ghana
- Phulidumar, India
- Saad Al-Abdulla, Kuwait
- Niğde, Turkey
While Muse and Phulidumar both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Petlad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Petlad fluctuated in connectivity, while Muse became progressively more disconnected and Phulidumar fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Petlad had a more sprawly network than Phulidumar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.