Sela Kui in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sela Kui in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sela Kui plotted against Uttarakhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sela Kui was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Uttarakhand which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sela Kui's incremental SNDi rose from 5.36 to 5.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sela Kui ranked 14th out of 20 cities in Uttarakhand and 1579th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.56
- Rank in India
- 1240th of 1868
- Rank in Uttarakhand
- 12th of 20
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.32
- Rank in India
- 1579th of 1868
- Rank in Uttarakhand
- 14th of 20
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- James Town, Nigeria
- Aghjabadi, Azerbaijan
- Dachen town, China
- Abaji, Nigeria
- Chawinda, Pakistan
- Almalyk, Uzbekistan
In new street additions, Sela Kui and Abaji both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while James Town fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sela Kui and Abaji both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while James Town became progressively more disconnected. Sela Kui and James Town have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.