Akbarpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Akbarpur in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AkbarpurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Akbarpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Akbarpur rose steadily, compared to Uttar Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Akbarpur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.86 to 7.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.88

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AkbarpurShanchengTongren

In new street additions, Akbarpur and Tongren both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shancheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Akbarpur and Shancheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.