Goalpara in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Goalpara in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Goalpara plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Goalpara peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Goalpara's incremental SNDi fell from 8.61 to 1.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Goalpara ranked 19th out of 67 cities in Assam and 643rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.34
- Rank in India
- 45th of 1868
- Rank in Assam
- 2nd of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.32
- Rank in India
- 643rd of 1868
- Rank in Assam
- 19th of 67
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Goalpara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bohori fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Songea built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Goalpara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bohori became progressively more disconnected and Songea became progressively more disconnected. Goalpara and Bohori have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.