Baberu 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 Baberu plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Baberu 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, Baberu's incremental SNDi rose from 6.42 to 6.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baberu ranked 281st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1809th 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?

• Dhi Samir, Yemen
• Maraucha, India
• Ninh Hòa, Vietnam
• Słupsk, Poland
• Helmond, Netherlands
• San José de Guanipa, Venezuela

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