Baihata in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baihata plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Baihata peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Baihata's incremental SNDi fell from 6.04 to 5.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baihata ranked 48th out of 67 cities in Assam and 1523rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Shangcheng, China
• Yichun, China
• Macenta, Guinea
• Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil
• Suq Shamar, Yemen
• Kawkareik, Myanmar

In new street additions, Baihata built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Shangcheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Cachoeira do Sul built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Baihata and Cachoeira do Sul both became progressively more disconnected, while Shangcheng fluctuated in connectivity. Baihata and Shangcheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.