Wokha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wokha in context

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WokhaNagaland (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wokha plotted against Nagaland and India. The SNDi of new construction in Wokha rose steadily, 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, Wokha's incremental SNDi rose from 8.43 to 11.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wokha ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Nagaland and 1808th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.99
Rank in India
1768th of 1868
Rank in Nagaland
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.97
Rank in India
1808th of 1868
Rank in Nagaland
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WokhaAiyetoroKamensk-Shakhtinsky

Wokha, Aiyetoro, and Kamensk-Shakhtinsky all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.