Azara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Azara plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Azara rose steadily, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Azara's incremental SNDi rose from 4.52 to 4.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Azara ranked 30th out of 67 cities in Assam and 995th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Palm Desert, United States
• Baghlan, Afghanistan
• Arzamas, Russia
• Jaeryong, North Korea
• Eidgaon, Bangladesh
• Buzău, Romania

In new street additions, Azara and Jaeryong both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Palm Desert fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Azara and Jaeryong both became progressively more disconnected, while Palm Desert fluctuated in connectivity. Azara and Palm Desert have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.