Baliya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baliya in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaliyaUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baliya plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Baliya's incremental SNDi rose from 2.08 to 3.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baliya ranked 77th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 461st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.3
Rank in India
331st of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
74th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.97
Rank in India
461st of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
77th of 291

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
BaliyaIbrahim BaiduYokadouma

In new street additions, Baliya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ibrahim Baidu built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Yokadouma built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Ibrahim Baidu and Yokadouma both became progressively more disconnected, while Baliya fluctuated in connectivity. Baliya and Ibrahim Baidu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.