Kotdwar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kotdwar in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kotdwar plotted against Uttarakhand and India. While Uttarakhand and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kotdwar's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kotdwar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.71 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kotdwar ranked 5th out of 20 cities in Uttarakhand and 1088th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.44
Rank in India
1199th of 1868
Rank in Uttarakhand
10th of 20

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.03
Rank in India
1088th of 1868
Rank in Uttarakhand
5th of 20

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KotdwarKaradeniz EregliAnkpa

In new street additions, Kotdwar and Karadeniz Ereğli both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ankpa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Kotdwar had a more connected network than Karadeniz Ereğli in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.