Jhusi 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 Jhusi plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jhusi was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Jhusi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.9 to 4.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jhusi ranked 170th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1159th 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?

• Columbus, United States
• Abbottabad, Pakistan
• Agadir, Morocco
• New Orleans, United States
• Cleveland, United States
• Bilbao, Spain

In new street additions, Jhusi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Columbus built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and New Orleans built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Columbus and New Orleans both became progressively more disconnected, while Jhusi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Jhusi and Columbus have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.