Semapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Semapur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Semapur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Semapur 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, Semapur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.34 to 6.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Semapur ranked 219th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1648th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.49
- Rank in India
- 1490th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 194th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.7
- Rank in India
- 1648th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 219th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Faridpur, India
- Jagdalpur, India
- Pandharpur, India
- Marawi, Philippines
- Kipushi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Wugang, China
In new street additions, Semapur and Faridpur both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Marawi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Semapur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Faridpur became progressively more connected and Marawi became progressively more disconnected. Semapur and Faridpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.