Dandari 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 Dandari plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dandari 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, Dandari's incremental SNDi fell from 7.21 to 7.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dandari ranked 243rd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1758th 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?

• Kandhla, India
• Thengha, India
• Flensburg, Germany
• Tulu Bolo, Ethiopia
• Tandalti, Sudan
• Wengan, China

In new street additions, Dandari built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kandhla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tulu Bolo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Dandari and Tulu Bolo both became progressively more disconnected, while Kandhla became progressively more connected. Dandari and Kandhla have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.