Jorhat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jorhat in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JorhatAssam (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jorhat plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jorhat peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jorhat's incremental SNDi fell from 7.51 to 6.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jorhat ranked 54th out of 67 cities in Assam and 1702nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.79
Rank in India
1535th of 1868
Rank in Assam
28th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.06
Rank in India
1702nd of 1868
Rank in Assam
54th 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
JorhatFormosaRibeira

In new street additions, Jorhat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Formosa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ribeira built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.