Kanth in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kanth in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kanth plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kanth 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, Kanth's incremental SNDi rose from 4.81 to 5.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kanth ranked 189th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1228th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.23
- Rank in India
- 1125th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 208th of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.31
- Rank in India
- 1228th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 189th of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Jaisalmer, India
- Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela
- Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
- Chandi, India
- Ghosi, India
- Albany, United States
In new street additions, Kanth and Jaisalmer both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Chandi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kanth and Jaisalmer both became progressively more disconnected, while Chandi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kanth and Chandi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.