Patiala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Patiala 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
PatialaPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Patiala plotted against Punjab and India. While Punjab and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Patiala's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Patiala's incremental SNDi rose from 3.15 to 3.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Patiala ranked 7th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 488th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.3
Rank in India
333rd of 1868
Rank in Punjab
4th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.03
Rank in India
488th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
7th 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
PatialaCuliacanNampula

While Culiacán and Nampula both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Patiala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Patiala and Culiacán have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.