Bilaspur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bilaspur in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BilaspurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bilaspur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bilaspur peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Bilaspur's incremental SNDi fell from 3.94 to 3.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bilaspur ranked 108th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 770th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in India
358th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
79th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in India
770th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
108th of 291

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BilaspurAnconaLakeside

While Ancona and Lakeside both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Bilaspur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Ancona and Lakeside both became progressively more disconnected, while Bilaspur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bilaspur and Ancona have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.