Bilasipara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bilasipara in context

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BilasiparaAssam (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bilasipara plotted against Assam and India. While Assam and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Bilasipara's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bilasipara's incremental SNDi rose from 3.67 to 6.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bilasipara ranked 21st out of 67 cities in Assam and 655th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.44
Rank in India
1475th of 1868
Rank in Assam
24th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.35
Rank in India
655th of 1868
Rank in Assam
21st of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BilasiparaMeridaLa Serena

In new street additions, Bilasipara and La Serena both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mérida built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bilasipara and Mérida both became progressively more disconnected, while La Serena fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bilasipara had a more connected network than La Serena in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.