Satar Halt 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 Satar Halt plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Satar Halt 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, Satar Halt's incremental SNDi fell from 6.24 to 4.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Satar Halt ranked 206th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1608th 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?

• Wangqing, China
• Sheqi, China
• Liaozhong, China
• Yamaguchi, Japan
• Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay
• Pattan, Pakistan

In new street additions, Satar Halt built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Wangqing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Yamaguchi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Satar Halt grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Wangqing grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Yamaguchi became progressively more disconnected. Satar Halt and Wangqing have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.