Salepur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Salepur in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SalepurOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salepur plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Salepur peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Salepur's incremental SNDi fell from 5.76 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salepur ranked 34th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 982nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in India
985th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
23rd of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.86
Rank in India
982nd of 1868
Rank in Odisha
34th of 58

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SalepurSihorSanta Barbara del Zulia

While Sihor and Santa Bárbara del Zulia both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Salepur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Salepur and Santa Bárbara del Zulia both became progressively more disconnected, while Sihor fluctuated in connectivity.