Hwanpura 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 Hwanpura plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Hwanpura was at its lowest 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, Hwanpura's incremental SNDi rose from 7.8 to 12.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hwanpura ranked 260th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1833rd 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?

• Abdurahmoni Jomi, Tajikistan
• Kakching, India
• Koulikoro, Mali
• Ikoro, Nigeria
• Zuénoula, Côte d'Ivoire
• Giad Industrial Complex, Sudan

In new street additions, Hwanpura built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Abdurahmoni Jomi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ikoro built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Hwanpura became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Abdurahmoni Jomi fluctuated in connectivity and Ikoro became progressively more disconnected.