Atarra Buzurg 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 Atarra Buzurg plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Atarra Buzurg 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, Atarra Buzurg's incremental SNDi fell from 7.54 to 1.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Atarra Buzurg ranked 192nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1252nd 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?

• Uitkomsdal, South Africa
• Sardhana, India
• Sundargarh, India
• Monguno, Nigeria
• Ceuta, Spain
• Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

In new street additions, Atarra Buzurg and Uitkomsdal both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Monguno fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Atarra Buzurg fluctuated in connectivity, while Uitkomsdal grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Monguno became progressively more disconnected.