Brahmapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brahmapur in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrahmapurOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brahmapur plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Brahmapur rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Brahmapur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.69 to 6.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brahmapur ranked 43rd out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1328th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.14
Rank in India
1398th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
38th of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.53
Rank in India
1328th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
43rd of 58

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrahmapurUmuahiaXianyang

In new street additions, Brahmapur and Xianyang both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Umuahia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Brahmapur and Umuahia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.