Banjari 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 Banjari plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Banjari 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, Banjari's incremental SNDi fell from 5.16 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banjari ranked 114th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1279th 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?

• Tiraspol, Moldova
• Zhaotun, China
• Salzburg, Austria
• Lintong, China
• Guarapuava, Brazil
• Chhatak, Bangladesh

In new street additions, Banjari built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tiraspol built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Lintong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Tiraspol and Lintong both became progressively more disconnected, while Banjari grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Banjari and Tiraspol have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.