Umbergaon Road in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Umbergaon Road 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
Umbergaon RoadGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Umbergaon Road plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Umbergaon Road peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Umbergaon Road's incremental SNDi fell from 4.26 to 3.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Umbergaon Road ranked 54th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 998th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in India
588th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
25th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.88
Rank in India
998th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
54th of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Umbergaon RoadKaduruFakfak

In new street additions, Umbergaon Road and Fakfak both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kaduru fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Umbergaon Road became progressively more disconnected, while Kaduru fluctuated in connectivity and Fakfak grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Umbergaon Road had a more connected network than Kaduru in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.