Kaliabor in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kaliabor in context

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KaliaborAssam (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kaliabor plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kaliabor followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Kaliabor ranked 33rd out of 67 cities in Assam and 1164th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.18
Rank in India
1164th of 1868
Rank in Assam
33rd of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KaliaborMolfettaRamdurg

In new street additions, Kaliabor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Molfetta built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ramdurg built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kaliabor became progressively more connected, while Molfetta became progressively more disconnected and Ramdurg became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Kaliabor and Molfetta have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.