Kiratpur 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 Kiratpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kiratpur peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Kiratpur's incremental SNDi fell from 13.34 to 7.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kiratpur ranked 287th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1845th 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?

• Geoje-si, South Korea
• Huaikou, China
• Chinandega, Nicaragua
• Birigui, Brazil
• Dilolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Mahdishahr, Iran

While Geoje-si and Birigui both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kiratpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Geoje-si and Birigui both became progressively more disconnected, while Kiratpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.