Jahangirabad 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 Jahangirabad plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jahangirabad 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, Jahangirabad's incremental SNDi rose from 5.39 to 7.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jahangirabad ranked 253rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1633rd 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?

• Al Mahabishah, Yemen
• Kafr al Tarayna, Egypt
• Ati, Chad
• Xingxian, China
• Wenshui, China
• Jagatsinghpur, India

In new street additions, Jahangirabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Al Mahabishah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Xingxian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Jahangirabad fluctuated in connectivity, while Al Mahabishah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Xingxian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Jahangirabad and Al Mahabishah have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.