Atri 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 Atri plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Atri followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Atri's incremental SNDi fell from 8.11 to 7.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Atri ranked 250th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1792nd 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?

• Chervonohrad, Ukraine
• Palo Negro, Venezuela
• Gouda, Netherlands
• Ja`ar, Yemen
• Yangiyul, Uzbekistan
• São João da Boa Vista, Brazil

In new street additions, Atri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chervonohrad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ja`ar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Chervonohrad and Ja`ar both became progressively more disconnected, while Atri became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Atri and Ja`ar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.