Gauriganj 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 Gauriganj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gauriganj 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, Gauriganj's incremental SNDi rose from 3.93 to 4.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gauriganj ranked 86th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 549th 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?

• Nankou, China
• New Fribourg, Brazil
• Neyveli Township, India
• Özgön, Kyrgyzstan
• Titabor, India
• Melur, India

In new street additions, Gauriganj built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nankou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Özgön fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Gauriganj became progressively more disconnected, while Nankou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Özgön fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Gauriganj had a more connected network than Özgön in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.