Hisua in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Hisua in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hisua plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hisua's incremental SNDi rose from 3.67 to 7.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hisua ranked 150th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1422nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.86
- Rank in India
- 1654th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 226th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.8
- Rank in India
- 1422nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 150th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Arras, France
- Daugavpils, Latvia
- Yangyuan, China
- Suwałki, Poland
- Mahendragarh, India
- Dschang, Cameroon
While Arras and Suwałki both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Hisua fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Arras and Suwałki both became progressively more disconnected, while Hisua became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Hisua and Suwałki have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.