Banma Itahri in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Banma Itahri in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Banma Itahri plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Banma Itahri was at its lowest 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, Banma Itahri's incremental SNDi rose from 5.2 to 7.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banma Itahri ranked 245th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1762nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.39
- Rank in India
- 1611th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 218th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.7
- Rank in India
- 1762nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 245th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Banma Itahri built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while `Ataq built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Caiguan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Banma Itahri became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while `Ataq grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Caiguan became progressively more disconnected. Banma Itahri and Caiguan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.