Singrimari 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 Singrimari plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Singrimari followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Singrimari's incremental SNDi rose from 6.3 to 6.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Singrimari ranked 55th out of 67 cities in Assam and 1722nd 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?

• Tonghua, China
• Ulaan Moron, China
• Zhujiajiao, China
• Garzón, Colombia
• Léré, Chad
• Dakingari, Nigeria

While Tonghua and Garzón both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Singrimari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Singrimari fluctuated in connectivity, while Tonghua grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Garzón fluctuated in connectivity. Singrimari and Tonghua have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.