Sohma in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sohma in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sohma plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sohma followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Sohma's incremental SNDi fell from 8.9 to 5.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sohma ranked 205th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1601st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.76
- Rank in India
- 1305th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 166th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.43
- Rank in India
- 1601st of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 205th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sambas, Indonesia
- Shahbazpur, Bangladesh
- Digri, Pakistan
- Amaseri, Nigeria
- Kempville, South Africa
- Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
In new street additions, Sohma fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sambas built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Amaseri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sohma fluctuated in connectivity, while Sambas became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Amaseri fluctuated in connectivity.