Byasanagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Byasanagar in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ByasanagarOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Byasanagar plotted against Odisha and India. While Odisha and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Byasanagar's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Byasanagar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.05 to 4.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Byasanagar ranked 21st out of 58 cities in Odisha and 689th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.38
Rank in India
747th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
15th of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in India
689th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
21st of 58

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ByasanagarBuzauBelhari

In new street additions, Byasanagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Buzău fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Belhari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Byasanagar fluctuated in connectivity, while Buzău fluctuated in connectivity and Belhari fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Byasanagar had a more connected network than Buzău in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.