Khordha in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khordha in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khordha plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khordha was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khordha's incremental SNDi rose from 3.4 to 3.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khordha ranked 28th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 798th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.8
- Rank in India
- 517th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 11th of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.56
- Rank in India
- 798th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 28th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tual, Indonesia
- Wangkui, China
- Santiago, Philippines
- Muara Enim, Indonesia
- Jiaoling, China
- Luliang, China
While Tual and Muara Enim both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Khordha built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Tual and Muara Enim both became progressively more disconnected, while Khordha became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Khordha and Tual have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.