Chandpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chandpur in context
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?
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.