Kochas in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kochas in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kochas plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kochas rose steadily, 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, Kochas's incremental SNDi rose from 6.26 to 6.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kochas ranked 208th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1611th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.77
- Rank in India
- 1532nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 201st of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.48
- Rank in India
- 1611th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 208th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia
- Barari, India
- Shuzi, China
- Cannock, United Kingdom
- Jatilawang, Indonesia
- Wazirganj, India
In new street additions, Kochas built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Wadi Ad Dawasir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Cannock built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Wadi Ad Dawasir and Cannock both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kochas became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Kochas had a more connected network than Cannock in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.