Parsauni in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Parsauni in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Parsauni plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Parsauni 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, Parsauni's incremental SNDi fell from 5.81 to 5.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Parsauni ranked 201st out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1582nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.61
- Rank in India
- 1253rd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 155th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.33
- Rank in India
- 1582nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 201st of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Appleton, United States
- Kalabahi, Indonesia
- Tung Chung, Hong Kong
- Dingxing, China
- Pakhtaobod, Uzbekistan
- Dayao, China
In new street additions, Parsauni built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Appleton built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Dingxing built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Parsauni and Appleton both became progressively more disconnected, while Dingxing grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Parsauni had a more connected network than Dingxing in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.