Umerkote in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Umerkote in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Umerkote plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Umerkote rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Umerkote's incremental SNDi rose from 3.8 to 4.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Umerkote ranked 22nd out of 58 cities in Odisha and 691st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.42
- Rank in India
- 769th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 17th of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.39
- Rank in India
- 691st of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 22nd 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, Umerkote built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fengning built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gurupi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Umerkote and Gurupi both became progressively more disconnected, while Fengning grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Umerkote and Fengning have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.