Jokihat 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 Jokihat plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jokihat's incremental SNDi rose from 3.14 to 4.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jokihat ranked 95th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1195th 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?

• Patase, Ghana
• Katol, India
• Melka Chireti, Ethiopia
• Kafr Ibrash, Egypt
• Ghurian, Afghanistan
• Bratsk, Russia

In new street additions, Jokihat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Patase built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kafr Ibrash built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Jokihat fluctuated in connectivity, while Patase became progressively more disconnected and Kafr Ibrash became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Jokihat had a more sprawly network than Patase in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.