Mairwa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mairwa in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mairwa plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mairwa peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Mairwa's incremental SNDi fell from 4.47 to 4.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mairwa ranked 107th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1239th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.19
Rank in India
664th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
57th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.34
Rank in India
1239th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
107th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MairwaCaenWanqingsha

In new street additions, Mairwa and Caen both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Wanqingsha fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mairwa and Caen both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Wanqingsha fluctuated in connectivity. Mairwa and Caen have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.