Supaul in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Supaul in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SupaulBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Supaul plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Supaul 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, Supaul's incremental SNDi fell from 2.44 to 2.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.99

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SupaulAdoDeir el-Balah

In new street additions, Supaul built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ado built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Deir el-Balah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Supaul and Ado both became progressively more disconnected, while Deir el-Balah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Supaul and Ado have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.