Mamarkha in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mamarkha in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mamarkha plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mamarkha peaked 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, Mamarkha's incremental SNDi fell from 4.0 to 3.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mamarkha ranked 55th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 929th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.52
- Rank in India
- 404th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 31st of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.78
- Rank in India
- 929th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 55th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Khujayli, Uzbekistan
- Liuzhuang, China
- Tieli, China
- Mohlakeng, South Africa
- Al Khor, Qatar
- Aru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
In new street additions, Mamarkha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Khujayli built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mohlakeng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mamarkha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Khujayli became progressively more disconnected and Mohlakeng fluctuated in connectivity.