Begamganj 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 Begamganj plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Begamganj peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Begamganj's incremental SNDi fell from 1.42 to 1.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Begamganj ranked 5th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 33rd 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?

• Bến Cát, Vietnam
• Gilgit, Azad Kashmir
• Kishim, Afghanistan
• Zhouzhi, China
• Bacabal, Brazil
• Uch Sharif, Pakistan

While Bến Cát and Zhouzhi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Begamganj built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Begamganj and Bến Cát both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Zhouzhi became progressively more disconnected. Begamganj and Zhouzhi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.