Nirmali in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nirmali in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nirmali plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nirmali followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Nirmali's incremental SNDi fell from 5.65 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nirmali ranked 108th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1243rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.44
- Rank in India
- 1191st of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 144th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.35
- Rank in India
- 1243rd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 108th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Nirmali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fengyang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Valdemoro built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Nirmali became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Fengyang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Valdemoro became progressively more connected.