Gursahaiganj 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 Gursahaiganj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gursahaiganj was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Gursahaiganj's incremental SNDi rose from 6.33 to 6.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gursahaiganj ranked 275th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1771st 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?

• Shahdol, India
• Xiajin, China
• Huichon, North Korea
• Kumbo, Cameroon
• Emmiganuru, India
• Rongxian, China

In new street additions, Gursahaiganj built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Shahdol built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kumbo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Shahdol and Kumbo both became progressively more disconnected, while Gursahaiganj became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.