Konch 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 Konch plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Konch 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, Konch's incremental SNDi rose from 3.76 to 4.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Konch ranked 63rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 390th 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?

• Ouazzane, Morocco
• Fanchang, China
• Baracoa, Cuba
• Wugong, China
• Wucheng, China
• Iludun, Nigeria

In new street additions, Konch built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ouazzane built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Wugong built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Konch became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Ouazzane grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Wugong became progressively more connected. Konch and Wugong have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.