Dhamtari in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dhamtari in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dhamtari plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dhamtari rose steadily, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dhamtari's incremental SNDi rose from 4.37 to 6.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dhamtari ranked 15th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 869th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.82
- Rank in India
- 1540th of 1868
- Rank in Chhattisgarh
- 25th of 29
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.69
- Rank in India
- 869th of 1868
- Rank in Chhattisgarh
- 15th of 29
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Dhamtari built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shangluo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Rize built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Dhamtari and Rize both became progressively more disconnected, while Shangluo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Dhamtari had a more connected network than Shangluo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.