Barbil in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Barbil in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarbilOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barbil plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barbil rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barbil's incremental SNDi rose from 5.02 to 8.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barbil ranked 44th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1384th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.06
Rank in India
1667th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
51st of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.66
Rank in India
1384th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
44th of 58

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
BarbilSan Jose del ValleEgwuachi

In new street additions, Barbil and San José del Valle both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Egwuachi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Barbil and San José del Valle both became progressively more disconnected, while Egwuachi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Barbil had a more connected network than Egwuachi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.