Ghosi 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 Ghosi plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ghosi 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, Ghosi's incremental SNDi rose from 4.89 to 5.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghosi ranked 217th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1378th 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?

• Chandi, India
• Kanth, India
• Jaisalmer, India
• Albany, United States
• Al-Qa'im, Iraq
• Gende Woin, Ethiopia

In new street additions, Ghosi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Chandi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Albany built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Ghosi and Albany both became progressively more disconnected, while Chandi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Ghosi and Chandi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.