Naksimal in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Naksimal in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Naksimal plotted against Jharkhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Naksimal peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Naksimal's incremental SNDi fell from 5.77 to 5.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Naksimal ranked 42nd out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 1538th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.67
- Rank in India
- 1273rd of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 33rd of 46
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.15
- Rank in India
- 1538th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 42nd of 46
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Shuijiang, China
- Malpura, India
- Mustafakemalpaşa, Turkey
- Umarga, India
- Dongam, India
- Norwalk, United States
In new street additions, Naksimal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Shuijiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Umarga built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Shuijiang and Umarga both fluctuated in connectivity, while Naksimal became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Naksimal had a more connected network than Shuijiang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.