Mahasamund 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 Mahasamund plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mahasamund was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mahasamund's incremental SNDi rose from 5.14 to 6.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mahasamund ranked 21st out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 1182nd 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?

• Lüleburgaz, Turkey
• Wangjiang, China
• Bumi Mulyo, Indonesia
• Silapathar, India
• Deeg, India
• Mudon, Myanmar

In new street additions, Mahasamund built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Lüleburgaz fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Silapathar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Mahasamund became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Lüleburgaz fluctuated in connectivity and Silapathar became progressively more disconnected. Mahasamund and Silapathar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.