Mansa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mansa in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MansaPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mansa plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mansa peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mansa's incremental SNDi fell from 3.86 to 3.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mansa ranked 21st out of 41 cities in Punjab as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.49
Rank in Punjab
9th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.56
Rank in Punjab
21st of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MansaSan Juan SacatepequezGoroka

While San Juan Sacatepéquez and Goroka both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Mansa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, San Juan Sacatepéquez and Goroka both became progressively more disconnected, while Mansa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Mansa and San Juan Sacatepéquez have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.