Madhuban in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Madhuban in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MadhubanBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madhuban plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Madhuban 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, Madhuban's incremental SNDi rose from 4.27 to 4.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madhuban ranked 137th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1362nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.53
Rank in India
820th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
88th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.62
Rank in India
1362nd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
137th of 264

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MadhubanSanta AnaOrleans

In new street additions, Madhuban built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Santa Ana fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Orléans built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Santa Ana and Orléans both became progressively more disconnected, while Madhuban became progressively more connected. Madhuban and Santa Ana have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.