A GIS-Based Identification of Spatial Analysis of Road Density and Understanding the Pattern of Road Network in Ahilyanagar District of Maharashtra State, India

Abstract

The transportation system contributes to the socio-economic and political development of any geographical area. This factor is the most important factor for urbanization and market development. Transportation is the means of transporting any goods and people from one place to another. Although there are various types of transportation systems such as international, national, state, district, village roads, the main types of transportation systems are air, water, land, pipelines. Mean and Standard Division have been used with the help of statistical techniques to study the road traffic pattern and road density in Ahilyanagar district using GIS. With the help of statistical methods, four main types of road levels in Ahilyanagar district have been identified Very Low, Low, Moderate, and High Density or Level. For this, the calculation is done according to the index value for Mean and S.D. The overall condition of the roads density in Shrirampur Tehsil of Ahilyanagar district is excellent. Also, if we consider rural roads, the density of rural roads in Ahilyanagar district is not very low in any tehsil and it is not very high either, which means that rural roads have been developed in this study area. District roads have also been developed accordingly. But even so, if we consider according to the State Highway, the tehsils of Nevasa, Shevgaon, Pathardi, Rahuri and Parner have very low road density.