Malakanagiri in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Malakanagiri in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MalakanagiriOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malakanagiri plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Malakanagiri rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Malakanagiri's incremental SNDi rose from 4.9 to 6.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malakanagiri ranked 50th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1616th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.88
Rank in India
1552nd of 1868
Rank in Odisha
46th of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.5
Rank in India
1616th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
50th of 58

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MalakanagiriZabidHarlow

In new street additions, Malakanagiri built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zabid built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Harlow built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Malakanagiri became progressively more disconnected, while Zabid grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Harlow grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Malakanagiri and Zabid have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.