Bansi 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 Bansi plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bansi fell steadily, 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, Bansi's incremental SNDi fell from 2.07 to 1.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bansi ranked 105th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 755th 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?

• Khall, Pakistan
• Ayacucho, Peru
• Quangang, China
• Shengshan, China
• Sri Muktsar Sahib, India
• Peterborough, United Kingdom

In new street additions, Bansi built increasingly connected streets over time, while Khall fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Shengshan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bansi became progressively more connected, while Khall fluctuated in connectivity and Shengshan fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bansi had a more sprawly network than Shengshan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.