Akbarpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Akbarpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Akbarpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Akbarpur peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Bihar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Akbarpur's incremental SNDi fell from 11.86 to 3.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akbarpur ranked 231st out of 264 cities in Bihar as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.45
- Rank in Bihar
- 28th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.02
- Rank in Bihar
- 231st of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Gulavthi, India
- Hengfeng, China
- Sarni, India
- Mobile, United States
- Jinxiang, China
- Pinrang, Indonesia
In new street additions, Akbarpur and Gulavthi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mobile built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Gulavthi and Mobile both became progressively more disconnected, while Akbarpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Akbarpur and Gulavthi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.