Birtamod in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Birtamod in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BirtamodEast (Region)Nepal (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Birtamod plotted against East and Nepal. The SNDi of new construction in Birtamod peaked in 1991-2005, compared to East which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nepal which rose steadily. Most recently, Birtamod's incremental SNDi fell from 2.7 to 2.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Birtamod ranked 1st out of 4 cities in East and 3rd out of 22 in Nepal as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in Nepal
3rd of 22
Rank in East
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in Nepal
3rd of 22
Rank in East
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BirtamodCatacamasCilandak Lor

In new street additions, Birtamod and Cilandak Lor both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Catacamas built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Catacamas and Cilandak Lor both became progressively more disconnected, while Birtamod grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.