Abohar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abohar in context

2.12.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AboharPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abohar plotted against Punjab and India. While Punjab and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Abohar's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Abohar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.86 to 3.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abohar ranked 5th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 340th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in India
363rd of 1868
Rank in Punjab
7th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.7
Rank in India
340th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
5th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AboharGarhwa`Abs

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