Bilaspur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bilaspur in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BilaspurChhattisgarh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bilaspur plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bilaspur rose steadily, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bilaspur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.51 to 5.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bilaspur ranked 24th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.84
Rank in Chhattisgarh
21st of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.72
Rank in Chhattisgarh
24th of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BilaspurCuiabaBukavu

In new street additions, Bilaspur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cuiabá fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bukavu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bilaspur and Cuiabá both became progressively more disconnected, while Bukavu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Bilaspur and Cuiabá have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.