Phulbani in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Phulbani in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Phulbani plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Phulbani rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Phulbani's incremental SNDi rose from 3.4 to 6.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Phulbani ranked 17th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 559th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.69
- Rank in India
- 1526th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 45th of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.17
- Rank in India
- 559th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 17th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kalamazoo, United States
- Jakhim, India
- 盐官古城, China
- Jingxiyuan, China
- Brusque, Brazil
- Tianzhen, China
While Kalamazoo and Jingxiyuan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Phulbani built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Phulbani and Kalamazoo both became progressively more disconnected, while Jingxiyuan fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Phulbani had a more connected network than Kalamazoo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.