Amethi 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 Amethi plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Amethi peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Amethi's incremental SNDi fell from 0.77 to 0.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Amethi ranked 4th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 11th 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?

• 북청읍, North Korea
• Taunsa Sharif, Pakistan
• Pingshan, China
• Trois-Rivières, Canada
• Arauca, Colombia
• Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo

In new street additions, Amethi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while 북청읍 fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Trois-Rivières built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Amethi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while 북청읍 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Trois-Rivières became progressively more disconnected. Amethi and 북청읍 have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.