Nirsa in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nirsa in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nirsa plotted against Jharkhand and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nirsa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.9 to 5.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nirsa ranked 39th out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 1427th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.62
- Rank in India
- 1255th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 30th of 46
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.82
- Rank in India
- 1427th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 39th of 46
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Taunton, United Kingdom
- Djibo, Burkina Faso
- Cianorte, Brazil
- Kungyangon, Myanmar
- Pauakhali, India
- Shigatse, China
In new street additions, Nirsa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Taunton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kungyangon built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Nirsa and Kungyangon both became progressively more disconnected, while Taunton grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Nirsa and Kungyangon have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.