Paroo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Paroo in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ParooBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paroo plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Paroo 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. Most recently, Paroo's incremental SNDi fell from 4.63 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Paroo ranked 117th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1294th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.26
Rank in India
699th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
61st of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.44
Rank in India
1294th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
117th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ParooHalifaxKimberley

In new street additions, Paroo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Halifax fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kimberley built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Halifax and Kimberley both became progressively more disconnected, while Paroo fluctuated in connectivity. Paroo and Kimberley have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.