Jajpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jajpur in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JajpurOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jajpur plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jajpur rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jajpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.1 to 5.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jajpur ranked 24th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 719th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.19
Rank in India
1112th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
28th of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in India
719th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
24th of 58

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JajpurPodgoricaYongchun

Jajpur, Podgorica, and Yongchun all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Jajpur and Podgorica have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.