Atrauli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Atrauli 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
AtrauliUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Atrauli plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Atrauli's incremental SNDi rose from 3.89 to 5.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Atrauli ranked 158th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1109th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.01
Rank in India
1048th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
195th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.07
Rank in India
1109th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
158th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AtrauliYambioDaudnagar

While Yambio and Daudnagar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Atrauli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Yambio and Daudnagar both became progressively more disconnected, while Atrauli fluctuated in connectivity. Atrauli and Yambio have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.