Doraha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Doraha in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DorahaPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Doraha plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Doraha peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Doraha's incremental SNDi fell from 3.88 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Doraha ranked 20th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 799th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in India
528th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
17th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.56
Rank in India
799th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
20th 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
DorahaZhoushanAarau

While Zhoushan and Aarau both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Doraha 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. Notably, Doraha had a more sprawly network than Zhoushan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.