Haidarganj 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 Haidarganj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Haidarganj was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Haidarganj's incremental SNDi rose from 2.84 to 3.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haidarganj ranked 107th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 767th 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?

• Bairgania, India
• Rongxian, China
• Emmiganuru, India
• Malakal, South Sudan
• Lahat, Indonesia
• Tongzi, China

In new street additions, Haidarganj built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Bairgania fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Malakal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Haidarganj became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Bairgania became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Malakal grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Haidarganj and Bairgania have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.