Amarpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Amarpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Amarpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Amarpur rose steadily, 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, Amarpur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.85 to 7.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Amarpur ranked 242nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1746th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.04
- Rank in India
- 1568th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 209th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.53
- Rank in India
- 1746th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 242nd of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Chidambaram, India
- Biskra, Algeria
- Shaistaganj, Bangladesh
- Xinzhou, China
- Sucre, Bolivia
- Gijón, Spain
In new street additions, Amarpur and Chidambaram both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xinzhou built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Amarpur and Chidambaram both became progressively more disconnected, while Xinzhou became progressively more connected. Amarpur and Chidambaram have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.