Ghazipur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ghazipur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ghazipur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ghazipur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.62 to 4.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghazipur ranked 214th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1347th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.62
- Rank in India
- 857th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 154th of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.58
- Rank in India
- 1347th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 214th of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Dimapur, India
- Benguela, Angola
- Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia
- Loudi, China
- Cooch Behar, India
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
In new street additions, Ghazipur and Dimapur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Loudi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ghazipur and Dimapur both became progressively more disconnected, while Loudi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Ghazipur had a more connected network than Loudi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.