Moranhat in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Moranhat in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moranhat plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Moranhat rose steadily, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Moranhat's incremental SNDi rose from 5.42 to 5.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moranhat ranked 38th out of 67 cities in Assam and 1317th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.63
- Rank in India
- 1264th of 1868
- Rank in Assam
- 15th of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.5
- Rank in India
- 1317th of 1868
- Rank in Assam
- 38th of 67
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kecskemét, Hungary
- Anjangaon, India
- Mohnapur, India
- Derry/Londonderry, United Kingdom
- Hequ, China
- Kuala Simpang, Indonesia
In new street additions, Moranhat and Kecskemét both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Derry/Londonderry built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Moranhat and Derry/Londonderry have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.