Banethu 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 Banethu plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Banethu 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, Banethu's incremental SNDi rose from 4.81 to 7.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banethu ranked 283rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1816th 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?

• Badulla, Sri Lanka
• Jakhania, India
• Sahuayo de Morelos, México
• Chirchiq, Uzbekistan
• Fangxian, China
• Shanyang, China

While Badulla and Chirchiq both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Banethu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Badulla and Chirchiq both became progressively more disconnected, while Banethu became progressively more connected. Banethu and Badulla have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.