Baniarapara in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Baniarapara in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baniarapara plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Baniarapara followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Baniarapara ranked 11th out of 67 cities in Assam and 235th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- N/A
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.46
- Rank in India
- 235th of 1868
- Rank in Assam
- 11th of 67
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Martil, Morocco
- Yanshan, China
- Mahalapye, Botswana
- Kungur, Russia
- Masallı, Azerbaijan
- Lüneburg, Germany
In new street additions, Baniarapara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Martil fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kungur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Martil and Kungur both became progressively more disconnected, while Baniarapara became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Baniarapara had a more sprawly network than Martil in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.