Sundargarh 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 Sundargarh plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sundargarh rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sundargarh's incremental SNDi rose from 5.58 to 8.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sundargarh ranked 51st out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1631st 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?

• Campo Mourão, Brazil
• Nalitabari, Bangladesh
• Jamalganj, Bangladesh
• Sardhana, India
• Uitkomsdal, South Africa
• Atarra Buzurg, India

In new street additions, Sundargarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Campo Mourão fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sardhana built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Sundargarh and Campo Mourão both became progressively more disconnected, while Sardhana grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Sundargarh and Campo Mourão have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.