Budhana 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 Budhana plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Budhana 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, Budhana's incremental SNDi fell from 2.25 to 1.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Budhana ranked 78th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 471st 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?

• Aru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Al Khor, Qatar
• Mohlakeng, South Africa
• Chengmai County, China
• Guiyi, China
• Gidole, Ethiopia

In new street additions, Budhana built increasingly connected streets over time, while Aru built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Chengmai County fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Budhana grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Aru became progressively more disconnected and Chengmai County fluctuated in connectivity. Budhana and Aru have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.