Haflong in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Haflong in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HaflongAssam (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Haflong plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Haflong peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Haflong's incremental SNDi fell from 9.08 to 5.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haflong ranked 56th out of 67 cities in Assam and 1725th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.73
Rank in India
1294th of 1868
Rank in Assam
17th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.3
Rank in India
1725th of 1868
Rank in Assam
56th of 67

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
HaflongFalkirkBaojing

In new street additions, Haflong and Falkirk both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Baojing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Haflong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Falkirk became progressively more disconnected and Baojing grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Haflong and Falkirk have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.