Anand Nagar 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 Anand Nagar plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Anand Nagar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.8 to 3.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Anand Nagar ranked 99th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 669th 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?

• Burgos, Spain
• Hamilton, New Zealand
• Tuni, India
• Gaochun, China
• Dongcun, China
• Cao Lãnh, Vietnam

In new street additions, Anand Nagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Burgos built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gaochun built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Anand Nagar fluctuated in connectivity, while Burgos grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Gaochun became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.