Mangaldoi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mangaldoi in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mangaldoi plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mangaldoi peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mangaldoi's incremental SNDi fell from 6.24 to 5.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mangaldoi ranked 39th out of 67 cities in Assam and 1341st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.91
Rank in India
1349th of 1868
Rank in Assam
19th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.58
Rank in India
1341st of 1868
Rank in Assam
39th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MangaldoiOtungiljueub

In new street additions, Mangaldoi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Otun built increasingly disconnected streets over time and 길주읍 fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mangaldoi and Otun both became progressively more disconnected, while 길주읍 fluctuated in connectivity. Mangaldoi and 길주읍 have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.