Nakhola in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nakhola in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nakhola plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nakhola peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nakhola's incremental SNDi fell from 6.34 to 6.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nakhola ranked 28th out of 67 cities in Assam and 945th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.1
Rank in India
1386th of 1868
Rank in Assam
21st of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.8
Rank in India
945th of 1868
Rank in Assam
28th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NakholaCodoAcailandia

While Codó and Açailândia both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Nakhola built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Nakhola and Codó both became progressively more disconnected, while Açailândia fluctuated in connectivity.