Thangadh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Thangadh in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ThangadhGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Thangadh plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Thangadh fell steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Thangadh's incremental SNDi fell from 3.52 to 3.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Thangadh ranked 52nd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 985th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in India
370th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
18th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.87
Rank in India
985th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
52nd 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
ThangadhLuzhaiKolomna

In new street additions, Thangadh built increasingly connected streets over time, while Luzhai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Kolomna built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Thangadh and Luzhai both became progressively more connected, while Kolomna became progressively more disconnected.