Brajarajnagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brajarajnagar in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrajarajnagarOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brajarajnagar plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Brajarajnagar followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Brajarajnagar's incremental SNDi fell from 5.94 to 4.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brajarajnagar ranked 16th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 554th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.51
Rank in India
810th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
18th of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.16
Rank in India
554th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
16th of 58

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrajarajnagarSan Jose de GuanipaBharuwa Sumerpur

In new street additions, Brajarajnagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while San José de Guanipa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bharuwa Sumerpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Brajarajnagar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while San José de Guanipa fluctuated in connectivity and Bharuwa Sumerpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Brajarajnagar and San José de Guanipa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.