Siltara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Siltara in context

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SiltaraChhattisgarh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Siltara plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Siltara peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Siltara's incremental SNDi fell from 5.59 to 5.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Siltara ranked 26th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 1470th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.17
Rank in India
1099th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
14th of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.93
Rank in India
1470th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
26th of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SiltaraJi'anSengerema

While Ji'an and Sengerema both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Siltara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Siltara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ji'an became progressively more disconnected and Sengerema fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Siltara had a more connected network than Ji'an in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.