Kotkapura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kotkapura in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KotkapuraPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kotkapura plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kotkapura peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kotkapura's incremental SNDi fell from 3.73 to 3.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kotkapura ranked 11th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 579th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.31
Rank in India
335th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
5th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in India
579th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
11th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KotkapuraSivasagarPau

In new street additions, Kotkapura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sivasagar built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Pau built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kotkapura and Pau have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.