Gadarpur 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 Gadarpur plotted against Uttarakhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gadarpur was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Uttarakhand which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gadarpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.7 to 5.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gadarpur ranked 10th out of 20 cities in Uttarakhand and 1408th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

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In new street additions, Gadarpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Kakumba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gabtali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Gadarpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Kakumba became progressively more connected and Gabtali became progressively more disconnected. Gadarpur and Kakumba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.