Betnoti in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Betnoti in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Betnoti plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Betnoti followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Betnoti ranked 8th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 312th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- N/A
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.65
- Rank in India
- 312th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 8th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Barhampur, India
- Sumusta, Egypt
- Fuyu, China
- B. Parque dos Faróis, Brazil
- Chengam, India
- Yingjing, China
In new street additions, Betnoti fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Barhampur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and B. Parque dos Faróis fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Betnoti fluctuated in connectivity, while Barhampur became progressively more connected and B. Parque dos Faróis became progressively more disconnected. Betnoti and Barhampur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.