Wazirganj 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 Wazirganj plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Wazirganj was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Wazirganj's incremental SNDi rose from 5.74 to 6.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wazirganj ranked 192nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1548th 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?

• Jatilawang, Indonesia
• Cannock, United Kingdom
• Kochas, India
• San Fernando, Spain
• Seerik, Iran
• Faranah, Guinea

While Jatilawang and San Fernando both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Wazirganj built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Jatilawang and San Fernando both became progressively more disconnected, while Wazirganj became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.