Chakia in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chakia in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chakia plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chakia 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, Chakia's incremental SNDi rose from 4.41 to 4.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chakia ranked 131st out of 264 cities in Bihar as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.63
- Rank in Bihar
- 98th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.59
- Rank in Bihar
- 131st of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Rubaya, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Tongnan, China
- Wollongong, Australia
- Badin, Pakistan
- Nanpara, India
- Pingyu, China
Chakia, Rubaya, and Badin all built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Chakia and Badin both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Rubaya became progressively more connected. Chakia and Rubaya have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.