Kopaganj 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 Kopaganj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kopaganj peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Kopaganj's incremental SNDi fell from 1.32 to 1.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kopaganj ranked 53rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 291st 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?

• Minyat al Hayt, Egypt
• Lahti, Finland
• Bergama, Turkey
• San Lorenzo, Argentina
• Quwo, China
• Liu'erbao, China

In new street additions, Kopaganj built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Minyat al Hayt built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and San Lorenzo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Minyat al Hayt and San Lorenzo both became progressively more disconnected, while Kopaganj grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kopaganj and Minyat al Hayt have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.