Srinagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Srinagar in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SrinagarUttarakhand (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Srinagar plotted against Uttarakhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Srinagar peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Uttarakhand which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Srinagar's incremental SNDi fell from 7.57 to 6.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Srinagar ranked 18th out of 20 cities in Uttarakhand and 1759th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.44
Rank in India
1476th of 1868
Rank in Uttarakhand
17th of 20

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.66
Rank in India
1759th of 1868
Rank in Uttarakhand
18th 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
SrinagarRosh HaAyinYidu

In new street additions, Srinagar and Yidu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Rosh HaAyin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Srinagar and Yidu both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Rosh HaAyin became progressively more disconnected. Srinagar and Rosh HaAyin have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.