Hapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hapur in context

3.644.44.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.644.44.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HapurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hapur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Hapur peaked 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, Hapur's incremental SNDi fell from 4.36 to 4.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hapur ranked 164th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1138th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.02
Rank in India
596th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
116th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.13
Rank in India
1138th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
164th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HapurYenagoaKerman

In new street additions, Hapur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yenagoa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kerman built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Hapur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yenagoa became progressively more disconnected and Kerman became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Hapur had a more sprawly network than Yenagoa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.