Mokokchung in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mokokchung in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MokokchungNagaland (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mokokchung plotted against Nagaland and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mokokchung peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Nagaland which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mokokchung's incremental SNDi fell from 7.73 to 6.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mokokchung ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Nagaland and 1530th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.43
Rank in India
1470th of 1868
Rank in Nagaland
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.12
Rank in India
1530th of 1868
Rank in Nagaland
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MokokchungNazarabadPovoa de Varzim

While Nazarabad and Póvoa de Varzim both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Mokokchung built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.