Gaipura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gaipura plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gaipura was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Gaipura's incremental SNDi rose from 4.7 to 4.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gaipura ranked 225th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1437th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Denton, United States
• Munchon, North Korea
• Yanqing, China
• Colchester, United Kingdom
• Kennewick, United States
• Visalia, United States

In new street additions, Gaipura built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Denton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Colchester built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Gaipura became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Denton became progressively more disconnected and Colchester grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Gaipura and Denton have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.