Barhampur 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 Barhampur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barhampur 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, Barhampur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.57 to 2.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barhampur ranked 168th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1479th 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?

• Sumusta, Egypt
• Fuyu, China
• Sanjaypur, Bangladesh
• Betnoti, India
• B. Parque dos Faróis, Brazil
• Chengam, India

In new street additions, Barhampur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Sumusta built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Betnoti fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Barhampur became progressively more connected, while Sumusta became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Betnoti fluctuated in connectivity. Barhampur and Betnoti have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.