Khatīma in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khatima in context

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhatimaUttarakhand (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khatīma plotted against Uttarakhand and India. While Uttarakhand and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Khatīma's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khatīma's incremental SNDi rose from 2.06 to 3.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khatīma ranked 2nd out of 20 cities in Uttarakhand and 195th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.09
Rank in India
274th of 1868
Rank in Uttarakhand
2nd of 20

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in India
195th of 1868
Rank in Uttarakhand
2nd of 20

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhatimaShubra KhitKwaNobuhle

In new street additions, Khatīma and KwaNobuhle both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shubra Khit built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Khatīma fluctuated in connectivity, while Shubra Khit became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and KwaNobuhle became progressively more disconnected. Khatīma and KwaNobuhle have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.