Barari 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 Barari plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barari 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, Barari's incremental SNDi rose from 4.55 to 5.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barari ranked 152nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1424th 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?

• Shuzi, China
• Hezhang, China
• Colatina, Brazil
• Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia
• Kochas, India
• Cannock, United Kingdom

In new street additions, Barari built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Shuzi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Wadi Ad Dawasir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Barari became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Shuzi became progressively more disconnected and Wadi Ad Dawasir grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Barari had a more sprawly network than Shuzi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.