Thawe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Thawe in context

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ThaweBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Thawe plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Thawe 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, Thawe's incremental SNDi fell from 17.33 to 11.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Thawe ranked 256th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1819th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.37
Rank in India
1761st of 1868
Rank in Bihar
242nd of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
8.31
Rank in India
1819th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
256th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ThawePolurQoryooley

While Polur and Qoryooley both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Thawe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Polur and Qoryooley both became progressively more disconnected, while Thawe fluctuated in connectivity. Thawe and Polur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.