Hata in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hata in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HataUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hata plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Hata peaked 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, Hata's incremental SNDi fell from 5.21 to 4.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hata ranked 233rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1468th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.69
Rank in India
882nd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
158th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.93
Rank in India
1468th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
233rd of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HataBangkinangYork

In new street additions, Hata and York both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Bangkinang built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Hata grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Bangkinang became progressively more disconnected and York grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Hata and Bangkinang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.