Amber in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Amber in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Amber plotted against Rajasthan and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Amber's incremental SNDi rose from 3.81 to 4.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Amber ranked 90th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 1202nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.71
- Rank in India
- 893rd of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 75th of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.24
- Rank in India
- 1202nd of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 90th of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kopeysk, Russia
- Andalyp, Turkmenistan
- Point Pleasant, United States
- Itacoatiara, Brazil
- Kheragarh, India
- Hutou, China
In new street additions, Amber and Itacoatiara both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kopeysk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Kopeysk and Itacoatiara both became progressively more disconnected, while Amber fluctuated in connectivity. Amber and Kopeysk have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.