Aonla 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 Aonla plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Aonla peaked 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, Aonla's incremental SNDi fell from 7.96 to 1.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aonla ranked 173rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1166th 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?

• Al Rahad, Sudan
• Gopalganj, India
• Madison, United States
• Arba Minch, Ethiopia
• Harihara, India
• Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran

While Al Rahad and Arba Minch both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Aonla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Al Rahad and Arba Minch both became progressively more disconnected, while Aonla grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Aonla and Al Rahad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.