Azamnagar 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 Azamnagar plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Azamnagar 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, Azamnagar's incremental SNDi fell from 5.28 to 4.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Azamnagar ranked 142nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1385th 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?

• Al Mazrub, Sudan
• České Budějovice, Czechia
• Qeysar, Afghanistan
• Gudur, India
• San Miguel de Cozumel, México
• Shkoder, Albania

In new street additions, Azamnagar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Al Mazrub built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Gudur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Azamnagar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Al Mazrub became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Gudur became progressively more disconnected. Azamnagar and Al Mazrub have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.