Barpeta 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 Barpeta plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barpeta peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barpeta's incremental SNDi fell from 5.81 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barpeta ranked 26th out of 67 cities in Assam and 872nd 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?

• Nguru, Nigeria
• Techiman, Ghana
• Ilam, Iran
• Sitāpur, Nepal
• Sarasota, United States
• San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic

While Nguru and Sitāpur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Barpeta built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Barpeta became progressively more disconnected, while Nguru fluctuated in connectivity and Sitāpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Barpeta and Nguru have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.