Upleta in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Upleta in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UpletaGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Upleta plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Upleta rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Upleta's incremental SNDi rose from 2.72 to 3.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Upleta ranked 8th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 205th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.19
Rank in India
303rd of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
14th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in India
205th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
8th of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UpletaZhaozhouRajam

In new street additions, Upleta and Rajam both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zhaozhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Upleta and Zhaozhou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.