Simla in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Simla in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Simla plotted against Jharkhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Simla followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Simla's incremental SNDi fell from 2.43 to 1.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Simla ranked 4th out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 44th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.31
- Rank in India
- 40th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 4th of 46
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.45
- Rank in India
- 44th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 4th of 46
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Handen, Sweden
- Kamareddy, India
- Sangatta Utara, Indonesia
- Mahagama, India
- San Rafael, Argentina
- Letpadan, Myanmar
In new street additions, Simla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Handen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Mahagama built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Simla fluctuated in connectivity, while Handen became progressively more disconnected and Mahagama grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Simla and Handen have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.