Kudra in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kudra in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kudra plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kudra 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, Kudra's incremental SNDi rose from 9.06 to 12.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kudra ranked 257th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1827th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 12.65
- Rank in India
- 1776th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 245th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.54
- Rank in India
- 1827th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 257th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tarinkot, Afghanistan
- Mecheria, Algeria
- Itaperuna, Brazil
- Rangia, India
- La Dorada, Colombia
- Junín, Argentina
In new street additions, Kudra and Rangia both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tarinkot built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Kudra and Rangia both became progressively more disconnected, while Tarinkot became progressively more connected. Kudra and Tarinkot have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.