Rayagada in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rayagada in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rayagada plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rayagada was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rayagada's incremental SNDi rose from 3.09 to 4.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rayagada ranked 27th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 774th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.09
- Rank in India
- 626th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 13th of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.52
- Rank in India
- 774th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 27th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Rayagada built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Gaocheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Al Qurna fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rayagada became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Gaocheng became progressively more disconnected and Al Qurna became progressively more connected. Rayagada and Gaocheng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.