Naugachia in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Naugachia in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Naugachia plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Naugachia 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, Naugachia's incremental SNDi rose from 5.39 to 6.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Naugachia ranked 188th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1533rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.48
- Rank in India
- 1487th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 193rd of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.13
- Rank in India
- 1533rd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 188th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Darauli, India
- Blackpool, United Kingdom
- Tarija, Bolivia
- Sambrial, Pakistan
- Songkhla, Thailand
- Santa Cruz, Philippines
In new street additions, Naugachia and Sambrial both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Darauli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Naugachia and Sambrial both became progressively more disconnected, while Darauli fluctuated in connectivity. Naugachia and Darauli have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.