Barharwa in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Barharwa in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barharwa plotted against Jharkhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barharwa peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Jharkhand which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barharwa's incremental SNDi fell from 2.64 to 2.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barharwa ranked 16th out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 708th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.61
- Rank in India
- 186th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 7th of 46
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.42
- Rank in India
- 708th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 16th of 46
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Cairns, Australia
- Bambari, Central African Republic
- Bhachau, India
- KARIM ALY ABDO, Egypt
- Lucas do Rio Verde, Brazil
- Chumphon, Thailand
In new street additions, Barharwa and Cairns both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while KARIM ALY ABDO built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Barharwa and KARIM ALY ABDO both became progressively more disconnected, while Cairns grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Barharwa had a more connected network than KARIM ALY ABDO in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.