Bajpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bajpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bajpur plotted against Uttarakhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bajpur rose steadily, compared to Uttarakhand which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bajpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.81 to 4.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bajpur ranked 9th out of 20 cities in Uttarakhand and 1302nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.97
- Rank in India
- 1027th of 1868
- Rank in Uttarakhand
- 8th of 20
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.47
- Rank in India
- 1302nd of 1868
- Rank in Uttarakhand
- 9th of 20
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Buchanan, Liberia
- Nguzu Edda, Nigeria
- Fuping County, China
- Lawdar, Yemen
- Jagdispur, India
- Cai Lậy, Vietnam
In new street additions, Bajpur and Buchanan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Lawdar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bajpur and Buchanan both became progressively more disconnected, while Lawdar became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Bajpur had a more sprawly network than Lawdar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.