Pakri in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pakri in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pakri plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pakri peaked 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, Pakri's incremental SNDi fell from 5.49 to 5.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pakri ranked 135th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1357th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.12
- Rank in India
- 1088th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 126th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.61
- Rank in India
- 1357th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 135th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Okaya, Japan
- Dahra Djoloff, Senegal
- Guyuk, Nigeria
- Wari, Pakistan
- Abilene, United States
- Bohe, China
In new street additions, Pakri and Okaya both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Wari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pakri and Okaya both became progressively more disconnected, while Wari fluctuated in connectivity.