Etawah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Etawah in context

3.644.44.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.644.44.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EtawahUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Etawah plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Etawah's incremental SNDi rose from 3.75 to 4.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Etawah ranked 143rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1007th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.01
Rank in India
593rd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
115th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.9
Rank in India
1007th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
143rd of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EtawahBuniaYuxi

In new street additions, Etawah and Yuxi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bunia built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Bunia and Yuxi both became progressively more disconnected, while Etawah fluctuated in connectivity. Etawah and Bunia have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.