Nawanshahr in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nawanshahr in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nawanshahr plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nawanshahr peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nawanshahr's incremental SNDi fell from 3.9 to 1.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nawanshahr ranked 27th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 887th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.43
Rank in India
57th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
1st of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.72
Rank in India
887th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
27th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NawanshahrBegunbariaNagarbera

In new street additions, Nawanshahr built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Begunbaria built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Nagarbera fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Nawanshahr and Begunbaria both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Nagarbera became progressively more disconnected. Nawanshahr and Begunbaria have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.