Fatehpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fatehpur in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FatehpurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fatehpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Fatehpur was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Bihar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fatehpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.88 to 5.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.36

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
FatehpurKondagaonPandan

While Kondagaon and Pandan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Fatehpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Kondagaon and Pandan both became progressively more disconnected, while Fatehpur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Fatehpur and Pandan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.