Motihari in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Motihari in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Motihari plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Motihari rose 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, Motihari's incremental SNDi rose from 5.51 to 6.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Motihari ranked 180th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1517th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.11
- Rank in India
- 1394th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 178th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.08
- Rank in India
- 1517th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 180th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Manisa, Turkey
- Aktobe, Kazakhstan
- Alicante, Spain
- Shabqadar, Pakistan
- Campina Grande, Brazil
- Hrodna, Belarus
While Manisa and Shabqadar both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Motihari built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Motihari and Manisa both became progressively more disconnected, while Shabqadar fluctuated in connectivity. Motihari and Manisa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.