Bharatpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bharatpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bharatpur plotted against Central and Nepal. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bharatpur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.69 to 3.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bharatpur ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Central and 5th out of 22 in Nepal as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.46
- Rank in Nepal
- 9th of 22
- Rank in Central
- 4th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.93
- Rank in Nepal
- 5th of 22
- Rank in Central
- 1st of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Purwodadi, Indonesia
- Sakhakot, Pakistan
- Ketapang, Indonesia
- Trenggalek, Indonesia
- Trenton, United States
- Dolatabad, Iran
In new street additions, Bharatpur and Trenggalek both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Purwodadi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bharatpur and Trenggalek have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.