Pawapuri 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 Pawapuri plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pawapuri was at its lowest 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, Pawapuri's incremental SNDi rose from 2.7 to 7.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pawapuri ranked 249th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1791st 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?

• Ipswich, Australia
• Kailahun, Sierra Leone
• Gostivar, North Macedonia
• Rajura, India
• Pasaman, Indonesia
• Pasaje, Ecuador

In new street additions, Pawapuri built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ipswich built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Rajura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pawapuri became progressively more connected, while Ipswich became progressively more disconnected and Rajura fluctuated in connectivity.