Balangir in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Balangir in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Balangir plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Balangir rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Balangir's incremental SNDi rose from 4.66 to 5.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Balangir ranked 37th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1089th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.26
- Rank in India
- 1138th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 29th of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.03
- Rank in India
- 1089th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 37th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Puerto Vallarta, México
- Rantau Prapat, Indonesia
- Yunfu, China
- Cobán, Guatemala
- Mostaganem, Algeria
- Bắc Giang, Vietnam
In new street additions, Balangir and Puerto Vallarta both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cobán fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Balangir and Puerto Vallarta have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.