Radhanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Radhanpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Radhanpur plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Radhanpur rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Radhanpur's incremental SNDi rose from 7.17 to 7.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Radhanpur ranked 86th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1732nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.21
- Rank in India
- 1586th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 83rd of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.4
- Rank in India
- 1732nd of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 86th of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Paju, South Korea
- Bonon, Côte d'Ivoire
- Havířov, Czechia
- Druzhkivka, Ukraine
- Halfaya, Syria
- Anarkol, China
While Paju and Druzhkivka both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Radhanpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Radhanpur and Druzhkivka both became progressively more disconnected, while Paju fluctuated in connectivity. Radhanpur and Paju have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.