Puri in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Puri in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Puri plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Puri rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Puri's incremental SNDi rose from 4.96 to 6.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Puri ranked 38th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1158th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.45
- Rank in India
- 1477th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 42nd of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.16
- Rank in India
- 1158th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 38th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bratislava, Slovakia
- Hải Dương, Vietnam
- Khorramabad, Iran
- Xianning, China
- Bayuquan, China
- Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil
In new street additions, Puri and Bratislava both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xianning built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Puri and Bratislava both became progressively more disconnected, while Xianning became progressively more connected. Notably, Puri had a more connected network than Xianning in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.