Bijni in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bijni in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BijniAssam (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bijni plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bijni peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bijni's incremental SNDi fell from 3.09 to 3.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bijni ranked 20th out of 67 cities in Assam and 646th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.03
Rank in India
261st of 1868
Rank in Assam
4th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in India
646th of 1868
Rank in Assam
20th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BijniGunungsitoliSentani

In new street additions, Bijni built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Gunungsitoli built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sentani built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bijni and Gunungsitoli have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.