Areraj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Areraj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Areraj plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Areraj 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, Areraj's incremental SNDi rose from 4.14 to 4.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Areraj ranked 79th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1086th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.27
- Rank in India
- 700th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 62nd of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.02
- Rank in India
- 1086th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 79th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Binhai, China
- Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
- Miyun, China
- Gao'an, China
- Gaborone, Botswana
- Masaurhi, India
In new street additions, Areraj built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Binhai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gao'an built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Areraj became progressively more disconnected, while Binhai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gao'an grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.