Kauriram 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 Kauriram plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kauriram's incremental SNDi rose from 6.61 to 7.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kauriram ranked 285th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1820th 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?

• Lüneburg, Germany
• Masallı, Azerbaijan
• Kungur, Russia
• Glen Burnie, United States
• Saint-André, Réunion
• Khrew, Jammu and Kashmir

In new street additions, Kauriram fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lüneburg built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Glen Burnie built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Lüneburg and Glen Burnie both became progressively more disconnected, while Kauriram grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kauriram and Lüneburg have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.