Tezpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tezpur in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tezpur plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tezpur peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tezpur's incremental SNDi fell from 6.62 to 6.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tezpur ranked 40th out of 67 cities in Assam and 1355th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.34
Rank in India
1446th of 1868
Rank in Assam
23rd of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.6
Rank in India
1355th of 1868
Rank in Assam
40th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TezpurTaubateMandi Bahauddin

In new street additions, Tezpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Taubaté fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mandi Bahauddin built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tezpur and Mandi Bahauddin have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.