Anpara 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 Anpara plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Anpara's incremental SNDi rose from 5.5 to 5.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Anpara ranked 222nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1415th 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?

• Shahrasti, Bangladesh
• Seoni, India
• Haroonabad, Pakistan
• Beni Muhammadiyat, Egypt
• Lago Norte, Brazil
• Mallanwan, India

In new street additions, Anpara and Shahrasti both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Beni Muhammadiyat built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Anpara and Shahrasti both became progressively more disconnected, while Beni Muhammadiyat became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Anpara had a more sprawly network than Shahrasti in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.