Narkatiaganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Narkatiaganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narkatiaganj plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Narkatiaganj 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, Narkatiaganj's incremental SNDi rose from 5.6 to 7.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narkatiaganj ranked 37th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 729th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.61
- Rank in India
- 1634th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 224th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.45
- Rank in India
- 729th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 37th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Dambidollo, Ethiopia
- Kirumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Bridgetown, Barbados
- Mahajanga, Madagascar
- South Valley, United States
- Kremenchuk, Ukraine
While Dambidollo and Mahajanga both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Narkatiaganj built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.