Polasara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Polasara in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PolasaraOdisha (Region)India (Country)

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?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PolasaraKhrewKanchra

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.