Bindki in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bindki in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BindkiUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bindki plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bindki peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Bindki's incremental SNDi fell from 2.87 to 2.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bindki ranked 46th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 267th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.19
Rank in India
127th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
44th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in India
267th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
46th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BindkiGafargaonHaojiang

In new street additions, Bindki and Haojiang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Gafargaon built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.