Agra in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Agra in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Agra plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Agra's incremental SNDi rose from 4.12 to 4.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Agra ranked 165th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1139th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.37
- Rank in India
- 738th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 142nd of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.13
- Rank in India
- 1139th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 165th of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Izmir, Turkey
- Ningbo, China
- Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Changzhou, China
- Cebu City, Philippines
- Essen, Germany
In new street additions, Agra and Changzhou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Izmir built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Agra and Izmir both became progressively more disconnected, while Changzhou fluctuated in connectivity.