Balia in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Balia in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Balia plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Balia 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, Balia's incremental SNDi rose from 6.08 to 7.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Balia ranked 190th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1542nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.4
- Rank in India
- 1613th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 219th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.15
- Rank in India
- 1542nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 190th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Raigarh, India
- Zhuanghe, China
- Shucheng, China
- Ekpoma, Nigeria
- Lanckhul, Jammu and Kashmir
- Swansea, United Kingdom
Balia, Raigarh, and Ekpoma all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Balia and Raigarh have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.