Bidhuna 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 Bidhuna plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bidhuna was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Uttar 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, Bidhuna's incremental SNDi rose from 1.64 to 5.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bidhuna ranked 31st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 146th 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?

• Banshkhali, Bangladesh
• Say'un, Yemen
• Suran, Iran
• High Wycombe, United Kingdom
• Al Hai, Iraq
• Berezniki, Russia

In new street additions, Bidhuna built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Banshkhali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and High Wycombe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bidhuna and High Wycombe both became progressively more disconnected, while Banshkhali fluctuated in connectivity. Bidhuna and High Wycombe have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.