Laharpur 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 Laharpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Laharpur 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, Laharpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.96 to 4.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Laharpur ranked 100th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 681st 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?

• Qian'an, China
• Modanganj, India
• Wenshan, China
• Chibi, China
• Qionglai, China
• Kabwe, Zambia

In new street additions, Laharpur and Qian'an both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Chibi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Laharpur and Qian'an both became progressively more disconnected, while Chibi fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Laharpur had a more connected network than Chibi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.