Inaruwa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Inaruwa in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
InaruwaEast (Region)Nepal (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Inaruwa plotted against East and Nepal. While East and Nepal both rose steadily, Inaruwa's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Inaruwa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.5 to 4.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Inaruwa ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in East and 10th out of 22 in Nepal as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.78
Rank in Nepal
15th of 22
Rank in East
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.67
Rank in Nepal
10th of 22
Rank in East
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
InaruwaAktauRio Verde

In new street additions, Inaruwa and Rio Verde both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Aktau fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Inaruwa and Rio Verde both became progressively more disconnected, while Aktau fluctuated in connectivity. Inaruwa and Aktau have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.