Bijnor 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 Bijnor plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bijnor's incremental SNDi rose from 4.04 to 5.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bijnor ranked 198th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1272nd 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?

• Myitkyina, Myanmar
• Wazirabad, Pakistan
• Girga, Egypt
• Cherepovets, Russia
• Caruaru, Brazil
• Murmansk, Russia

Bijnor, Myitkyina, and Cherepovets all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.