Pakariya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pakariya in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PakariyaBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pakariya plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pakariya followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Pakariya ranked 3rd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 32nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
0.84
Rank in India
17th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
5th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.34
Rank in India
32nd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
3rd of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PakariyaPacajusBregenz

In new street additions, Pakariya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pacajus fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bregenz built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Pacajus and Bregenz both became progressively more disconnected, while Pakariya became progressively more connected. Pakariya and Pacajus have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.