Laxminia in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Laxminia in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Laxminia plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Laxminia followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Laxminia's incremental SNDi fell from 12.13 to 6.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Laxminia ranked 259th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1832nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.86
- Rank in India
- 1545th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 205th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.88
- Rank in India
- 1832nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 259th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mahalah Zeyad, Egypt
- Selebi Phikwe, Botswana
- Tanguieta, Benin
- Tukzar, Afghanistan
- Atmeeda, Egypt
- Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, México
In new street additions, Laxminia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mahalah Zeyad built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Tukzar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Laxminia became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Mahalah Zeyad became progressively more disconnected and Tukzar became progressively more connected.