Jalalabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jalalabad in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jalalabad plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jalalabad 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, Jalalabad's incremental SNDi rose from 1.51 to 1.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jalalabad ranked 14th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.67
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 31st of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.51
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 14th of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Satmura, Bangladesh
- Xixi, China
- Strovolos [Nicosia], Cyprus
- Muncar, Indonesia
- Bohori, India
- Goalpara, India
In new street additions, Jalalabad built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Satmura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Muncar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Jalalabad and Muncar both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Satmura fluctuated in connectivity. Jalalabad and Muncar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.