Abu Road in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abu Road 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
Abu RoadRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abu Road plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Abu Road rose steadily, compared to Rajasthan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Abu Road's incremental SNDi rose from 3.71 to 4.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abu Road ranked 73rd out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 765th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.04
Rank in India
602nd of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
64th of 95

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.5
Rank in India
765th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
73rd of 95

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Abu RoadThalaiyuthuSuran

In new street additions, Abu Road built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Thalaiyuthu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Suran built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Abu Road became progressively more disconnected, while Thalaiyuthu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Suran became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Abu Road and Thalaiyuthu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.