Aizawl in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Aizawl in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aizawl plotted against Mizoram and India. The SNDi of new construction in Aizawl peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Mizoram which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Aizawl's incremental SNDi fell from 7.56 to 7.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aizawl ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Mizoram and 1780th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.17
- Rank in India
- 1582nd of 1868
- Rank in Mizoram
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.95
- Rank in India
- 1780th of 1868
- Rank in Mizoram
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Qidong, China
- Novokuznetsk, Russia
- Hull, United Kingdom
- Sanandaj, Iran
- Yibin, China
- Yuanlin City, Taiwan
In new street additions, Aizawl and Qidong both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sanandaj built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Aizawl and Sanandaj both became progressively more disconnected, while Qidong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.