Jowai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jowai in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JowaiMeghalaya (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jowai plotted against Meghalaya and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jowai followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Meghalaya which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Jowai ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Meghalaya and 1055th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.97
Rank in India
1055th of 1868
Rank in Meghalaya
1st of 4

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JowaiManjhiGiade

While Manjhi and Giade both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Jowai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Manjhi and Giade both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Jowai became progressively more disconnected. Jowai and Manjhi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.