Bhore 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 Bhore plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bhore was at its lowest 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, Bhore's incremental SNDi rose from 4.51 to 6.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhore ranked 215th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1624th 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?

• Dindigul, India
• Boumerdes, Algeria
• Bazarati, India
• General Santos, Philippines
• Qarshi, Uzbekistan
• Yitang, China

In new street additions, Bhore built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Dindigul built increasingly disconnected streets over time and General Santos fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Dindigul and General Santos both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhore became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Bhore and Dindigul have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.