Tribeniganj 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 Tribeniganj plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tribeniganj 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Tribeniganj ranked 102nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1218th 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?

• Shatian, China
• Axum, Ethiopia
• Hobart, Australia
• Zhalainuo'er, China
• Buôn Hồ, Vietnam
• Yegoryevsk, Russia

In new street additions, Tribeniganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shatian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Zhalainuo'er built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Tribeniganj became progressively more disconnected, while Shatian fluctuated in connectivity and Zhalainuo'er grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Tribeniganj and Zhalainuo'er have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.