Warisaliganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Warisaliganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Warisaliganj plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Warisaliganj followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Warisaliganj's incremental SNDi fell from 4.65 to 1.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Warisaliganj ranked 100th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1213th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.89
- Rank in India
- 99th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 9th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.27
- Rank in India
- 1213th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 100th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Fidimin and Anthoor both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Warisaliganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Warisaliganj became progressively more connected, while Fidimin became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Anthoor became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Warisaliganj had a more sprawly network than Fidimin in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.