Hasanpur 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 Hasanpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Hasanpur 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, Hasanpur's incremental SNDi rose from 7.6 to 8.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hasanpur ranked 272nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1748th 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?

• New Bedford, United States
• Meishan, China
• Hidalgo del Parral, México
• Sehwan, Pakistan
• Ahmadpur, India
• 长安大学城, China

In new street additions, Hasanpur and Sehwan both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while New Bedford built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Hasanpur and Sehwan both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while New Bedford became progressively more disconnected.