Dhakia Jumma in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dhakia Jumma 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
Dhakia JummaUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dhakia Jumma plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dhakia Jumma 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, Dhakia Jumma's incremental SNDi fell from 2.38 to 2.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dhakia Jumma ranked 84th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 526th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in India
120th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
42nd of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.1
Rank in India
526th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
84th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dhakia JummaLingchuanAltamira

While Lingchuan and Altamira both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Dhakia Jumma built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Dhakia Jumma grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Lingchuan fluctuated in connectivity and Altamira became progressively more disconnected. Dhakia Jumma and Altamira have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.