Hirakud in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Hirakud in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hirakud plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Hirakud rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hirakud's incremental SNDi rose from 5.42 to 6.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hirakud ranked 46th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1466th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.11
- Rank in India
- 1392nd of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 37th of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.93
- Rank in India
- 1466th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 46th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kita, Mali
- Khureit (Al Kuma), Sudan
- Ramgarhwa, India
- Sorriso, Brazil
- Boysun, Uzbekistan
- Juticalpa, Honduras
In new street additions, Hirakud built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kita fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sorriso built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.