Batala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Batala in context

3.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BatalaPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Batala plotted against Punjab and India. While Punjab and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Batala's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Batala's incremental SNDi rose from 3.56 to 3.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Batala ranked 25th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 868th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.85
Rank in India
541st of 1868
Rank in Punjab
18th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.69
Rank in India
868th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
25th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BatalaRas Al KhaimahMalmo

While Ras Al Khaimah and Malmo both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Batala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Ras Al Khaimah and Malmo both became progressively more disconnected, while Batala fluctuated in connectivity.