Chandpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chandpur in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChandpurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chandpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chandpur 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, Chandpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.44 to 4.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chandpur ranked 64th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 391st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.47
Rank in India
791st of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
149th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in India
391st of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
64th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChandpurCastanhalLosari

In new street additions, Chandpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Castanhal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Losari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chandpur and Losari both became progressively more disconnected, while Castanhal grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Chandpur and Castanhal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.