Parkonch 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 Parkonch plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Parkonch 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, Parkonch's incremental SNDi rose from 4.87 to 5.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Parkonch ranked 169th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1480th 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?

• Altamira, Brazil
• Dhakia Jumma, India
• Lingchuan, China
• Mutum Biyu, Nigeria
• Benxi Manchu Autonomous County, China
• Kot Radha Kishan, Pakistan

While Altamira and Mutum Biyu both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Parkonch built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Parkonch became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Altamira became progressively more disconnected and Mutum Biyu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.