Nautan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nautan plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nautan was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Nautan's incremental SNDi rose from 4.14 to 4.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nautan ranked 81st out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1106th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

• Mek'elē, Ethiopia
• Point Cook, Australia
• Wardha, India
• Suihua, China
• Isesaki, Japan
• Jacobabad, Pakistan

While Mek'elē and Suihua both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Nautan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Nautan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Mek'elē became progressively more disconnected and Suihua fluctuated in connectivity.