Madanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Madanpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madanpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Madanpur 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, Madanpur's incremental SNDi rose from 7.17 to 7.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madanpur ranked 247th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1775th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.54
- Rank in India
- 1625th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 222nd of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.88
- Rank in India
- 1775th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 247th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- 락원1동, North Korea
- Chikkaballapura, India
- Pengxi, China
- Bondoukou, Côte d'Ivoire
- Sishui, China
- Mumigunga, Tanzania
In new street additions, Madanpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while 락원1동 built increasingly connected streets over time and Bondoukou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Madanpur and Bondoukou both became progressively more disconnected, while 락원1동 became progressively more connected. Notably, Madanpur had a more connected network than 락원1동 in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.