Polasara in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Polasara in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Polasara plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Polasara followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Polasara ranked 5th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 154th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- N/A
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.21
- Rank in India
- 154th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 5th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Khrew, Jammu and Kashmir
- Saint-André, Réunion
- Glen Burnie, United States
- Kanchra, India
- Kalulushi, Zambia
- Irecê, Brazil
In new street additions, Polasara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Khrew built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kanchra fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Polasara fluctuated in connectivity, while Khrew became progressively more disconnected and Kanchra fluctuated in connectivity.