Surendranagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Surendranagar in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SurendranagarGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Surendranagar plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Surendranagar rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Surendranagar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.47 to 4.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Surendranagar ranked 33rd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 578th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.03
Rank in India
600th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
26th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in India
578th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
33rd of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SurendranagarHa'ilOryol

In new street additions, Surendranagar and Oryol both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ha'il fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Surendranagar and Ha'il have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.