Bamaur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bamaur in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BamaurMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bamaur plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bamaur rose steadily, compared to Madhya Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bamaur's incremental SNDi rose from 7.11 to 7.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bamaur ranked 93rd out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1773rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.66
Rank in India
1641st of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
87th of 98

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.83
Rank in India
1773rd of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
93rd of 98

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
BamaurFangzhengAin Touta

In new street additions, Bamaur and Aïn Touta both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fangzheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.