Kakching in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kakching in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kakching plotted against Manipur and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kakching's incremental SNDi rose from 2.19 to 7.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kakching ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Manipur and 287th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.3
- Rank in India
- 1601st of 1868
- Rank in Manipur
- 5th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.59
- Rank in India
- 287th of 1868
- Rank in Manipur
- 1st of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Koulikoro, Mali
- Mahuar, India
- Yugorsk, Russia
- Abdurahmoni Jomi, Tajikistan
- Hwanpura, India
- Ikoro, Nigeria
In new street additions, Kakching and Abdurahmoni Jomi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Koulikoro built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Kakching became progressively more disconnected, while Koulikoro became progressively more connected and Abdurahmoni Jomi fluctuated in connectivity. Kakching and Koulikoro have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.