Bemetara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bemetara in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BemetaraChhattisgarh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bemetara plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bemetara rose steadily, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bemetara's incremental SNDi rose from 4.85 to 6.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bemetara ranked 13th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 725th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.25
Rank in India
1432nd of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
23rd of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.44
Rank in India
725th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
13th of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BemetaraSamchonAl-Zabadani

While Samchon and Al-Zabadani both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Bemetara built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Bemetara and Samchon both became progressively more disconnected, while Al-Zabadani fluctuated in connectivity. Bemetara and Samchon have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.