Chandauli 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 Chandauli plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chandauli rose 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, Chandauli's incremental SNDi rose from 7.82 to 8.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chandauli ranked 279th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1794th 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?

• Silivri, Turkey
• Hassi El Garra, Algeria
• Balarampur, India
• Behea, India
• Gushiegu, Ghana
• Bwamanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo

In new street additions, Chandauli built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Silivri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Behea built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Chandauli and Silivri both became progressively more disconnected, while Behea grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.