Danewala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Danewala in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DanewalaPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Danewala plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Danewala rose steadily, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Danewala's incremental SNDi rose from 2.27 to 2.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Danewala ranked 2nd out of 41 cities in Punjab and 132nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.44
Rank in India
153rd of 1868
Rank in Punjab
2nd of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in India
132nd of 1868
Rank in Punjab
2nd of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DanewalaFuwwahGrozny

In new street additions, Danewala built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fuwwah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Grozny fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Danewala and Grozny both became progressively more disconnected, while Fuwwah became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Danewala and Fuwwah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.