Sri Ganganagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sri Ganganagar in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sri GanganagarRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sri Ganganagar plotted against Rajasthan and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sri Ganganagar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.35 to 2.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sri Ganganagar ranked 16th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 162nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.75
Rank in India
201st of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
23rd of 95

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in India
162nd of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
16th of 95

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sri GanganagarAksuBrno

In new street additions, Sri Ganganagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Aksu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Brno built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sri Ganganagar and Brno have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.