Gursarai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gursarai in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GursaraiUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gursarai plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gursarai followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Gursarai's incremental SNDi fell from 3.82 to 3.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gursarai ranked 121st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 873rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.1
Rank in India
277th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
67th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.7
Rank in India
873rd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
121st of 291

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GursaraiRawatbhataHinckley

In new street additions, Gursarai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rawatbhata fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hinckley built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Gursarai fluctuated in connectivity, while Rawatbhata fluctuated in connectivity and Hinckley became progressively more disconnected. Gursarai and Rawatbhata have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.