Soro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Soro plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Soro 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, Soro's incremental SNDi rose from 1.91 to 2.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Soro ranked 12th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 508th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Bountiful, United States
• Lorient, France
• Paita, Peru
• Kendujhargarh, India
• Der Abi Saeed, Jordan
• Lamongan, Indonesia

In new street additions, Soro built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Bountiful built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kendujhargarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Bountiful and Kendujhargarh both became progressively more disconnected, while Soro became progressively more connected. Notably, Soro had a more sprawly network than Bountiful in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.