Maharakul in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maharakul plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Maharakul followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Maharakul's incremental SNDi rose from 1.32 to 1.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maharakul ranked 3rd out of 58 cities in Odisha and 55th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kachise, Ethiopia
• Guzhen, China
• Mal Bazaar, India
• Benapole, Bangladesh
• São João del-Rei, Brazil
• Al Inab al Saghirah, Egypt

In new street additions, Maharakul fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kachise built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Benapole fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Maharakul fluctuated in connectivity, while Kachise grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Benapole became progressively more disconnected. Maharakul and Benapole have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.