Phulparas in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Phulparas in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Phulparas plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Phulparas rose steadily, 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, Phulparas's incremental SNDi rose from 3.97 to 4.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Phulparas ranked 57th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 956th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.33
- Rank in India
- 728th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 68th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.83
- Rank in India
- 956th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 57th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Lamphun, Thailand
- Cuartería El Uno, Spain
- Bethlehem, South Africa
- Laurel, United States
- Sapiranga, Brazil
- Kidapawan, Philippines
In new street additions, Phulparas and Lamphun both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Laurel built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Phulparas had a more sprawly network than Lamphun in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.