Moga in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Moga in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moga plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Moga rose steadily, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Moga's incremental SNDi rose from 4.67 to 5.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moga ranked 31st out of 41 cities in Punjab and 1069th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.03
- Rank in India
- 1053rd of 1868
- Rank in Punjab
- 34th of 41
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.99
- Rank in India
- 1069th of 1868
- Rank in Punjab
- 31st of 41
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Chilpancingo, México
- Bumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Moreno Valley, United States
- Jiaxiang, China
- Pingtung City, Taiwan
- Maghagha, Egypt
In new street additions, Moga and Chilpancingo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jiaxiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Moga and Chilpancingo both became progressively more disconnected, while Jiaxiang fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Moga had a more sprawly network than Chilpancingo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.