Farena in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Farena in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Farena plotted against West and Nepal. The SNDi of new construction in Farena followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to West which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Nepal which rose steadily. Most recently, Farena's incremental SNDi fell from 4.82 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Farena ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in West and 14th out of 22 in Nepal as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.74
- Rank in Nepal
- 10th of 22
- Rank in West
- 2nd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.17
- Rank in Nepal
- 14th of 22
- Rank in West
- 2nd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mong Maw;Mongmao, Myanmar
- Breves, Brazil
- Mutombo-Lamata, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Esperanza, México
- Panyara, India
- Dapeng New District, China
While Mong Maw;Mongmao and Esperanza both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Farena fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Mong Maw;Mongmao and Esperanza both fluctuated in connectivity, while Farena fluctuated in connectivity. Farena and Mong Maw;Mongmao have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.