Sambalpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sambalpur in context

44.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
44.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SambalpurOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sambalpur plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sambalpur rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sambalpur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.33 to 6.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sambalpur ranked 45th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1462nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.09
Rank in India
1384th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
35th of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.92
Rank in India
1462nd of 1868
Rank in Odisha
45th of 58

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SambalpurMagboroAarhus

In new street additions, Sambalpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Magboro built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Aarhus fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sambalpur and Magboro have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.