Sitāpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sitapur in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SitapurWest (Region)Nepal (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sitāpur plotted against West and Nepal. The SNDi of new construction in Sitāpur followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to West which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Nepal which rose steadily. Most recently, Sitāpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.13 to 4.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sitāpur ranked 4th out of 4 cities in West and 19th out of 22 in Nepal as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.14
Rank in Nepal
11th of 22
Rank in West
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.96
Rank in Nepal
19th of 22
Rank in West
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SitapurBarpetaSarasota

In new street additions, Sitāpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Barpeta built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Sarasota built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Barpeta and Sarasota both became progressively more disconnected, while Sitāpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Sitāpur and Barpeta have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.