Akot in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Akot in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Akot plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Akot peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Maharashtra which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Akot's incremental SNDi fell from 3.08 to 1.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akot ranked 47th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 247th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.8
- Rank in India
- 93rd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 10th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.48
- Rank in India
- 247th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 47th of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Yala, Thailand
- Harsidhi, India
- Sar-e Pol, Afghanistan
- Nikli, Bangladesh
- Chiro, Ethiopia
- Yuanzhou, China
In new street additions, Akot and Nikli both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Yala and Nikli both became progressively more disconnected, while Akot grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Akot and Nikli have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.