Sahar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sahar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sahar plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sahar peaked 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, Sahar's incremental SNDi fell from 5.95 to 5.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sahar ranked 236th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1726th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.21
- Rank in India
- 1116th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 130th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.31
- Rank in India
- 1726th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 236th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Sahar and Villa Mercedes both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Nakonde fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Villa Mercedes and Nakonde both became progressively more disconnected, while Sahar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.