Bibhutpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bibhutpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bibhutpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bibhutpur peaked 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, Bibhutpur's incremental SNDi fell from 5.24 to 5.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bibhutpur ranked 158th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1454th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.11
- Rank in India
- 1081st of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 125th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.9
- Rank in India
- 1454th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 158th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Havana, Cuba
- Portland, United States
- Niterói, Brazil
- Budapest, Hungary
- Valencia, Venezuela
- Port Harcourt, Nigeria
In new street additions, Bibhutpur and Havana both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Budapest built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.