Laksar 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 Laksar plotted against Uttarakhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Laksar rose steadily, compared to Uttarakhand which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Laksar's incremental SNDi rose from 5.37 to 5.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Laksar ranked 12th out of 20 cities in Uttarakhand and 1524th 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?

• Bandar Armada Putra, Malaysia
• Qian'an, China
• Gölbaşı, Turkey
• Сылва, Russia
• Qinnan, China
• Itapema, Brazil

In new street additions, Laksar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bandar Armada Putra built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Сылва fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Laksar became progressively more disconnected, while Bandar Armada Putra became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Сылва fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Laksar had a more connected network than Bandar Armada Putra in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.