Kanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kanpur in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KanpurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kanpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kanpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.02 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kanpur ranked 75th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 454th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in India
465th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
93rd of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in India
454th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
75th of 291

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KanpurSaint PetersburgKabul

While Saint Petersburg and Kabul both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kanpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kanpur and Kabul have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.