Jharsuguda in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jharsuguda in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jharsuguda plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jharsuguda rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jharsuguda's incremental SNDi rose from 3.26 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jharsuguda ranked 10th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 466th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.44
- Rank in India
- 1200th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 32nd of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.98
- Rank in India
- 466th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 10th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Payshanba, Uzbekistan
- Marl, Germany
- Madagali, Nigeria
- Kasongo-Lunda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Poso, Indonesia
- Morin Dawa, China
In new street additions, Jharsuguda built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Payshanba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kasongo-Lunda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jharsuguda and Payshanba both became progressively more disconnected, while Kasongo-Lunda fluctuated in connectivity. Jharsuguda and Kasongo-Lunda have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.