Bharwari 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 Bharwari plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bharwari 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, Bharwari's incremental SNDi fell from 11.68 to 11.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bharwari ranked 291st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1858th 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?

• Hanggin Rear Banner, China
• Matehuala, México
• Bashan, China
• Viên An, Vietnam
• Uzun, Uzbekistan
• Qebchaq, Iran

In new street additions, Bharwari built increasingly connected streets over time, while Hanggin Rear Banner built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Viên An built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bharwari became progressively more connected, while Hanggin Rear Banner became progressively more disconnected and Viên An became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.