Fatehpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fatehpur in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FatehpurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fatehpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Fatehpur 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, Fatehpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.19 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fatehpur ranked 92nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 576th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in India
466th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
94th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in India
576th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
92nd of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FatehpurPingxiangOaxaca de Juarez

In new street additions, Fatehpur and Oaxaca de Juárez both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pingxiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Fatehpur and Oaxaca de Juárez both became progressively more disconnected, while Pingxiang fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Fatehpur had a more sprawly network than Oaxaca de Juárez in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.