Angul in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Angul in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AngulOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Angul plotted against Odisha and India. While Odisha and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Angul's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Angul's incremental SNDi rose from 2.42 to 2.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Angul ranked 6th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 234th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in India
200th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
6th of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in India
234th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
6th of 58

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
AngulNew HopeKabongo

Angul, New Hope, and Kabongo all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Angul and New Hope both became progressively more disconnected, while Kabongo became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Angul and Kabongo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.