Ambala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ambala in context

2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AmbalaHaryana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ambala plotted against Haryana and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ambala's incremental SNDi rose from 3.94 to 5.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ambala ranked 28th out of 40 cities in Haryana and 836th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.49
Rank in India
1213th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
36th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in India
836th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
28th of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AmbalaRaebareliLong Xuyen

In new street additions, Ambala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Raebareli built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Long Xuyên built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ambala and Raebareli have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.