Bohori 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 Bohori plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bohori 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, Bohori ranked 16th out of 67 cities in Assam and 527th 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?

• Muncar, Indonesia
• Jalalabad, India
• Satmura, Bangladesh
• Goalpara, India
• Songea, Tanzania
• Huairen, China

In new street additions, Bohori fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Muncar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Goalpara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bohori became progressively more disconnected, while Muncar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Goalpara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bohori and Muncar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.