Dumri Katsari 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 Dumri Katsari plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dumri Katsari followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Dumri Katsari's incremental SNDi fell from 5.38 to 5.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dumri Katsari ranked 166th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1474th 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?

• San Pedro Soloma, Guatemala
• Giad Industrial Complex, Sudan
• Zuénoula, Côte d'Ivoire
• Kericho, Kenya
• Sab al Bor, Iraq
• La Lima, Honduras

In new street additions, Dumri Katsari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while San Pedro Soloma built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kericho built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, San Pedro Soloma and Kericho both became progressively more disconnected, while Dumri Katsari became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Dumri Katsari and San Pedro Soloma have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.