Bhushan Steel City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bhushan Steel City in context

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bhushan Steel CityOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhushan Steel City plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bhushan Steel City 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, Bhushan Steel City ranked 58th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1863rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
12.77
Rank in India
1863rd of 1868
Rank in Odisha
58th of 58

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bhushan Steel CitySanta Cruz de BarahonaDungu

In new street additions, Bhushan Steel City fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Santa Cruz de Barahona fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dungu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Santa Cruz de Barahona and Dungu both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhushan Steel City fluctuated in connectivity.