Kachhwa 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 Kachhwa plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kachhwa 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, Kachhwa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.39 to 4.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kachhwa ranked 187th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1224th 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?

• Colmar, France
• Weiqiao, China
• Nidadavolu, India
• Nattalin, Myanmar
• Kluwut, Indonesia
• Tariasujan, India

In new street additions, Kachhwa built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Colmar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Nattalin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kachhwa and Colmar both became progressively more disconnected, while Nattalin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kachhwa and Colmar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.