Biaora in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Biaora in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Biaora plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Biaora peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Biaora's incremental SNDi fell from 4.98 to 4.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Biaora ranked 70th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1285th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.45
- Rank in India
- 781st of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 33rd of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.43
- Rank in India
- 1285th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 70th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Xinlong, China
- Rampurhat, India
- Temirtau, Kazakhstan
- Fort-de-France, Martinique
- Lalsot, India
- Jhinjhak, India
In new street additions, Biaora built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Xinlong built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Fort-de-France built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Biaora and Fort-de-France both became progressively more disconnected, while Xinlong became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Biaora and Xinlong have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.