Tirtol in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tirtol in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tirtol plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tirtol rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tirtol's incremental SNDi rose from 6.18 to 7.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tirtol ranked 54th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1683rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.61
- Rank in India
- 1633rd of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 48th of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.92
- Rank in India
- 1683rd of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 54th 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, Tirtol built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Balod fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Afşin built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Tirtol became progressively more disconnected, while Balod fluctuated in connectivity and Afşin became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Tirtol and Afşin have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.