Faridkot in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Faridkot in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FaridkotPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Faridkot plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Faridkot rose steadily, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Faridkot's incremental SNDi rose from 3.79 to 5.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Faridkot ranked 30th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 947th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.57
Rank in India
1243rd of 1868
Rank in Punjab
39th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.81
Rank in India
947th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
30th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FaridkotDunkirkBirni N'Konni

Faridkot, Dunkirk, and Birni N'Konni all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Faridkot and Dunkirk have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.