Kosi Kalan 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 Kosi Kalan plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kosi Kalan 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, Kosi Kalan's incremental SNDi fell from 5.74 to 4.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kosi Kalan ranked 203rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1289th 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?

• Hangu, Pakistan
• Weishi, China
• Matai, Egypt
• Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil
• Pattukkottai, India
• Jajag, Indonesia

In new street additions, Kosi Kalan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Hangu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Jaraguá do Sul fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kosi Kalan and Jaraguá do Sul both became progressively more disconnected, while Hangu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Kosi Kalan had a more sprawly network than Jaraguá do Sul in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.