Kaisarganj 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 Kaisarganj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kaisarganj followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Kaisarganj's incremental SNDi rose from 1.41 to 2.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kaisarganj ranked 16th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 59th 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-Minya, Egypt
• Suji, China
• Daulatpur, Bangladesh
• Igualada, Spain
• Faqirwali, Pakistan
• Gidan Mai Ungwan, Nigeria

In new street additions, Kaisarganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al-Minya built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Igualada fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kaisarganj fluctuated in connectivity, while Al-Minya became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Igualada became progressively more disconnected. Kaisarganj and Igualada have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.