Gobichettipalayam in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gobichettipalayam 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
GobichettipalayamTamil Nadu (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gobichettipalayam plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gobichettipalayam rose steadily, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gobichettipalayam's incremental SNDi rose from 3.83 to 4.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gobichettipalayam ranked 26th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 583rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.91
Rank in India
1005th of 1868
Rank in Tamil Nadu
61st of 121

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.21
Rank in India
583rd of 1868
Rank in Tamil Nadu
26th of 121

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GobichettipalayamShahapurPalghar

Gobichettipalayam, Shahapur, and Palghar all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.