Koliwar 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 Koliwar plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Koliwar 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, Koliwar's incremental SNDi rose from 5.09 to 5.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Koliwar ranked 196th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1561st 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?

• Feixian, China
• Camaçari, Brazil
• Yanggu, China
• Jianli, China
• Khujand, Tajikistan
• El Geneina, Sudan

While Feixian and Jianli both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Koliwar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Koliwar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Feixian became progressively more disconnected and Jianli fluctuated in connectivity.