Bhanjanagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bhanjanagar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhanjanagar plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bhanjanagar rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bhanjanagar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.11 to 3.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhanjanagar ranked 9th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 313th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.44
- Rank in India
- 382nd of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 8th of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.65
- Rank in India
- 313th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 9th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Al Gharraf, Iraq
- Azrou, Morocco
- Shahand, Uzbekistan
- Rajula, India
- Hendek, Turkey
- Malumghat Bazar, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Bhanjanagar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Gharraf built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Rajula fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bhanjanagar became progressively more disconnected, while Al Gharraf grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Rajula fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bhanjanagar had a more sprawly network than Rajula in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.