Basti in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Basti in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BastiUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Basti plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Basti's incremental SNDi rose from 4.15 to 5.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Basti ranked 171st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1161st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.14
Rank in India
1093rd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
203rd of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.17
Rank in India
1161st of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
171st of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BastiKupangKakinada

In new street additions, Basti and Kakinada both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kupang built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Basti had a more connected network than Kupang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.