Dharmanagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dharmanagar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dharmanagar plotted against Tripura and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dharmanagar followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Tripura which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Dharmanagar ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Tripura and 101st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- N/A
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.89
- Rank in India
- 101st of 1868
- Rank in Tripura
- 1st of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Reutlingen, Germany
- Fall River, United States
- Yima, China
- Tang, China
- Jubang, Indonesia
- Mekane Selam, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Dharmanagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Reutlingen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Dharmanagar became progressively more disconnected, while Reutlingen became progressively more disconnected and Tang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Dharmanagar had a more connected network than Reutlingen in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.