Marhaura in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Marhaura in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Marhaura plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Marhaura 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, Marhaura's incremental SNDi fell from 4.71 to 4.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Marhaura ranked 141st out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1376th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.5
- Rank in India
- 806th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 87th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.63
- Rank in India
- 1376th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 141st of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Jodhpur, India
- Binhai New Area, China
- León, México
- Gaziantep, Turkey
- Valencia, Spain
- Vasai-Virar, India
In new street additions, Marhaura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Jodhpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gaziantep fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Jodhpur and Gaziantep both became progressively more disconnected, while Marhaura grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.