Belthara Road 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 Belthara Road plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Belthara Road 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, Belthara Road's incremental SNDi rose from 2.66 to 5.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Belthara Road ranked 231st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1459th 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?

• Xonqa, Uzbekistan
• Araruama, Brazil
• Luotian County, China
• Bandar-e Mahshahr, Iran
• Shahreza, Iran
• Paita, Peru

In new street additions, Belthara Road built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Xonqa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bandar-e Mahshahr fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Belthara Road became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Xonqa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bandar-e Mahshahr grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Belthara Road and Xonqa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.