Humayupur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Humayupur in context

3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HumayupurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Humayupur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Humayupur 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, Humayupur's incremental SNDi fell from 3.48 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Humayupur ranked 31st out of 264 cities in Bihar and 597th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in India
393rd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
29th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.23
Rank in India
597th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
31st of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HumayupurYongxin CountyMasisi

In new street additions, Humayupur and Masisi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yongxin County fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Humayupur and Masisi both became progressively more disconnected, while Yongxin County fluctuated in connectivity. Humayupur and Masisi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.