Babathan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Babathan in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BabathanFar-Western (Region)Nepal (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Babathan plotted against Far-Western and Nepal. The SNDi of new construction in Babathan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Far-Western which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nepal which rose steadily. Most recently, Babathan's incremental SNDi fell from 5.63 to 4.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Babathan ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Far-Western and 17th out of 22 in Nepal as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.97
Rank in Nepal
17th of 22
Rank in Far-Western
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.64
Rank in Nepal
17th of 22
Rank in Far-Western
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BabathanAl-BabMariyammanahalli

In new street additions, Babathan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al-Bab fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mariyammanahalli built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Al-Bab and Mariyammanahalli both became progressively more disconnected, while Babathan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.