Sikandra in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sikandra plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sikandra peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Rajasthan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sikandra's incremental SNDi fell from 5.63 to 4.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sikandra ranked 91st out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 1429th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Liberec, Czechia
• Palmdale, United States
• Imabari, Japan
• Raoyang, China
• Chortoq, Uzbekistan
• Nyaung Shwe, Myanmar

In new street additions, Sikandra and Raoyang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Liberec built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sikandra grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Liberec became progressively more disconnected and Raoyang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Sikandra had a more connected network than Liberec in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.