Moradih in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Moradih in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moradih plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Moradih fell 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, Moradih's incremental SNDi fell from 3.92 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moradih ranked 70th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1040th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.78
- Rank in India
- 511th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 45th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.94
- Rank in India
- 1040th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 70th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tacuarembó, Uruguay
- Loveland, United States
- Sathiya, Bangladesh
- Kanye, Botswana
- Batatais, Brazil
- Ceylanpınar, Turkey
In new street additions, Moradih built increasingly connected streets over time, while Tacuarembó built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kanye built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Tacuarembó and Kanye both became progressively more disconnected, while Moradih became progressively more connected.