Kalaiya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kalaiya in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KalaiyaCentral (Region)Nepal (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kalaiya plotted against Central and Nepal. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kalaiya's incremental SNDi rose from 3.96 to 4.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kalaiya ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Central and 8th out of 22 in Nepal as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.49
Rank in Nepal
12th of 22
Rank in Central
5th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in Nepal
8th of 22
Rank in Central
3rd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KalaiyaDimbokroBenisheikh

In new street additions, Kalaiya and Benisheikh both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dimbokro fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kalaiya and Dimbokro have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.