Bhadrak in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bhadrak in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhadrak plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bhadrak rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bhadrak's incremental SNDi rose from 3.86 to 4.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhadrak ranked 29th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 801st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.86
- Rank in India
- 967th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 22nd of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.56
- Rank in India
- 801st of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 29th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Simri Bakhtiarpur, India
- Malmo, Sweden
- Batala, India
- Pemalang, Indonesia
- Bankura, India
- Lufeng, China
While Simri Bakhtiarpur and Pemalang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Bhadrak built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bhadrak and Simri Bakhtiarpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.