Vijapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Vijapur in context

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VijapurGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Vijapur plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Vijapur peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Vijapur's incremental SNDi fell from 2.75 to 2.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Vijapur ranked 15th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 288th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in India
119th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
8th of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.59
Rank in India
288th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
15th of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VijapurbTrhIlero

While بطره and Ilero both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Vijapur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.