Khadda 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 Khadda plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khadda 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, Khadda's incremental SNDi rose from 1.74 to 8.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khadda ranked 52nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 290th 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?

• Jarqurgon, Uzbekistan
• Abomsa, Ethiopia
• Xo'jand, Uzbekistan
• Zaki Biam, Nigeria
• Deventer, Netherlands
• Song, Nigeria

In new street additions, Khadda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jarqurgon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Zaki Biam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Jarqurgon and Zaki Biam both became progressively more disconnected, while Khadda fluctuated in connectivity. Khadda and Jarqurgon have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.