Nakhola in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nakhola in context
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?
- Codó, Brazil
- Lecce, Italy
- Kafr al Hajj Shirbini, Egypt
- Açailândia, Brazil
- Yicheng, China
- Sherbrooke, Canada
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.