Iglas in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Iglas in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Iglas plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Iglas rose steadily, 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, Iglas's incremental SNDi rose from 2.92 to 3.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Iglas ranked 42nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 248th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.16
- Rank in India
- 295th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 70th of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.48
- Rank in India
- 248th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 42nd of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Rosario, Philippines
- Ugba, Nigeria
- Lower Hutt, New Zealand
- Pagar Alam, Indonesia
- Torrevieja, Spain
- Sitarganj, India
In new street additions, Iglas built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Rosario built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Pagar Alam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Iglas and Rosario both became progressively more disconnected, while Pagar Alam fluctuated in connectivity. Iglas and Rosario have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.