Behea in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Behea in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeheaBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Behea plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Behea peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Behea's incremental SNDi fell from 4.7 to 4.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Behea ranked 130th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1349th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.49
Rank in India
798th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
85th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.59
Rank in India
1349th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
130th of 264

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeheaChandauliGushiegu

In new street additions, Behea built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Chandauli built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Gushiegu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Behea and Gushiegu both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chandauli became progressively more disconnected.