Dhuraia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dhuraia in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DhuraiaBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dhuraia plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dhuraia followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Dhuraia ranked 15th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 214th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.44
Rank in India
60th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
7th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in India
214th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
15th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DhuraiaDwarkaVenice

In new street additions, Dhuraia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dwarka built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Venice built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Dhuraia fluctuated in connectivity, while Dwarka became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Venice became progressively more disconnected. Dhuraia and Dwarka have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.