Kamarkuchi 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 Kamarkuchi plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kamarkuchi followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kamarkuchi's incremental SNDi fell from 4.86 to 4.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kamarkuchi ranked 36th out of 67 cities in Assam and 1303rd 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?

• Rushan, China
• Robertsganj, India
• Khoy, Iran
• Sendhwa, India
• Rio Claro, Brazil
• Shuanglong, China

In new street additions, Kamarkuchi and Sendhwa both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rushan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kamarkuchi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Rushan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sendhwa became progressively more connected. Notably, Kamarkuchi had a more connected network than Sendhwa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.