Anupshahr in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Anupshahr in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AnupshahrUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Anupshahr plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Anupshahr was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Anupshahr's incremental SNDi rose from 2.5 to 2.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Anupshahr ranked 125th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 903rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.75
Rank in India
203rd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
56th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in India
903rd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
125th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AnupshahrLalpurYanwucun

In new street additions, Anupshahr built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Lalpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Yanwucun built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Anupshahr became progressively more connected, while Lalpur fluctuated in connectivity and Yanwucun became progressively more disconnected. Anupshahr and Lalpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.