Jodhpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jodhpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jodhpur plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jodhpur peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Jodhpur's incremental SNDi fell from 3.6 to 3.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jodhpur ranked 59th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 610th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.39
- Rank in India
- 367th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 46th of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.26
- Rank in India
- 610th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 59th of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Jodhpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Binhai New Area fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Marhaura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Jodhpur became progressively more disconnected, while Binhai New Area fluctuated in connectivity and Marhaura grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.