Jalandhar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jalandhar 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
JalandharPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jalandhar plotted against Punjab and India. While Punjab and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Jalandhar's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jalandhar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.42 to 3.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jalandhar ranked 12th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 584th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in India
496th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
15th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.21
Rank in India
584th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
12th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JalandharAustinYekaterinburg

While Austin and Yekaterinburg both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Jalandhar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Jalandhar had a more sprawly network than Austin in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.