Kiraoli 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 Kiraoli plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kiraoli's incremental SNDi rose from 4.16 to 4.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kiraoli ranked 202nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1287th 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?

• Kogon, Uzbekistan
• Yurimaguas, Peru
• Kaza, Afghanistan
• Frenda, Algeria
• Karawa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Jetisay, Kazakhstan

In new street additions, Kiraoli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kogon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Frenda built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kiraoli fluctuated in connectivity, while Kogon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Frenda became progressively more disconnected.