Firozpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Firozpur in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FirozpurPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Firozpur plotted against Punjab and India. While Punjab and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Firozpur's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Firozpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.84 to 3.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Firozpur ranked 22nd out of 41 cities in Punjab and 835th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.86
Rank in India
544th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
19th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in India
835th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
22nd of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FirozpurOwoEnsenada

Firozpur, Owo, and Ensenada all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Firozpur and Owo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.