Ganj Dundwara 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 Ganj Dundwara plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ganj Dundwara followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Ganj Dundwara ranked 41st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 246th 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?

• Olathe, United States
• Xinxing, China
• Hohoe, Ghana
• Marbella, Spain
• Xinfeng, China
• Kyaiklat, Myanmar

While Olathe and Marbella both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Ganj Dundwara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Ganj Dundwara became progressively more disconnected, while Olathe grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Marbella became progressively more disconnected. Ganj Dundwara and Olathe have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.