Mehrma in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mehrma in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mehrma plotted against Jharkhand and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mehrma's incremental SNDi rose from 5.58 to 6.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mehrma ranked 43rd out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 1540th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.38
- Rank in India
- 1460th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 39th of 46
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.15
- Rank in India
- 1540th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 43rd of 46
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Eldorado, Argentina
- Babaishang, China
- Ringim, Nigeria
- Ushiku, Japan
- Azemmour, Morocco
- Labuha, Indonesia
In new street additions, Mehrma and Eldorado both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ushiku built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Mehrma and Eldorado both became progressively more disconnected, while Ushiku grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Mehrma and Eldorado have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.