Aliganj 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 Aliganj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Aliganj's incremental SNDi rose from 1.44 to 2.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aliganj ranked 30th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 142nd 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?

• Ishinomaki, Japan
• Bhatapara, India
• Pilani, India
• Iranshahr, Iran
• Haurgeulis, Indonesia
• Dogondoutchi, Niger

In new street additions, Aliganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ishinomaki built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Iranshahr built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Aliganj fluctuated in connectivity, while Ishinomaki grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Iranshahr grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Aliganj and Ishinomaki have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.