Unjha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Unjha 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
UnjhaGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Unjha plotted against Gujarat and India. While Gujarat and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Unjha's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Unjha's incremental SNDi rose from 3.25 to 4.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Unjha ranked 40th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 730th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.06
Rank in India
612th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
27th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.45
Rank in India
730th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
40th of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UnjhaValenciennesQianshan

In new street additions, Unjha and Valenciennes both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Qianshan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Unjha and Valenciennes both became progressively more disconnected, while Qianshan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.