Muri in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Muri in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Muri plotted against Jharkhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Muri followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Jharkhand which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Muri's incremental SNDi fell from 7.75 to 6.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Muri ranked 45th out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 1745th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.44
- Rank in India
- 1474th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 40th of 46
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.52
- Rank in India
- 1745th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 45th of 46
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Cilandak Lor, Indonesia
- Birtamod, Nepal
- Catacamas, Honduras
- Bayugan, Philippines
- Xinglong, China
- Nuevitas, Cuba
In new street additions, Muri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Cilandak Lor built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bayugan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Cilandak Lor and Bayugan both became progressively more disconnected, while Muri fluctuated in connectivity. Muri and Bayugan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.