Bundu 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 Bundu plotted against Jharkhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bundu 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, Bundu's incremental SNDi fell from 1.19 to 0.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bundu ranked 6th out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 67th 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?

• Dajing, China
• Wuzhishan City, China
• Pittsville, United States
• Pol-E-Charkhi, Afghanistan
• Zhentou, China
• Taxco, México

In new street additions, Bundu and Pol-E-Charkhi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dajing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bundu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Dajing became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Pol-E-Charkhi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.