Banda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Banda in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BandaMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Banda plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Banda 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, Banda's incremental SNDi rose from 1.81 to 2.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banda ranked 7th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 47th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in India
144th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
10th of 98

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.46
Rank in India
47th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
7th of 98

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BandaLadnuGera

In new street additions, Banda built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ladnu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gera built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Banda and Gera have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.