Lauria Nandangarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lauria Nandangarh in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lauria Nandangarh plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Lauria Nandangarh followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Lauria Nandangarh's incremental SNDi fell from 4.62 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lauria Nandangarh ranked 53rd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 892nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.6
- Rank in India
- 846th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 94th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.72
- Rank in India
- 892nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 53rd of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Lauria Nandangarh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gaotang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Karanja built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Lauria Nandangarh and Karanja both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Gaotang became progressively more disconnected.