Baghpat 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 Baghpat plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Baghpat's incremental SNDi rose from 2.96 to 5.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baghpat ranked 176th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1193rd 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?

• Burnley, United Kingdom
• Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran
• Harihara, India
• Topi, Pakistan
• Hangkongjidi, China
• Phool Nagar, Pakistan

In new street additions, Baghpat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Burnley built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Topi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Baghpat became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Burnley became progressively more disconnected and Topi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Baghpat and Topi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.