Nepalgunj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nepalgunj in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NepalgunjMid-Western (Region)Nepal (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nepalgunj plotted against Mid-Western and Nepal. While Mid-Western and Nepal both rose steadily, Nepalgunj's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Nepalgunj's incremental SNDi rose from 3.49 to 4.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nepalgunj ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Mid-Western and 12th out of 22 in Nepal as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.65
Rank in Nepal
13th of 22
Rank in Mid-Western
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in Nepal
12th of 22
Rank in Mid-Western
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NepalgunjVaresePengxi

Nepalgunj, Varese, and Pengxi all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Nepalgunj and Varese have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.