Nawanagar 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 Nawanagar plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nawanagar was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Nawanagar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.57 to 4.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nawanagar ranked 76th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1081st 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?

• Tiruvetipuram, India
• Nanling, China
• Shuangyang, China
• Matai, Egypt
• Weishi, China
• Hangu, Pakistan

In new street additions, Nawanagar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Tiruvetipuram built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Matai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Nawanagar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Tiruvetipuram became progressively more disconnected and Matai fluctuated in connectivity. Nawanagar and Tiruvetipuram have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.