Lakhimpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lakhimpur in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LakhimpurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lakhimpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Lakhimpur 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, Lakhimpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.62 to 3.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lakhimpur ranked 103rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 717th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.65
Rank in India
449th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
90th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in India
717th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
103rd of 291

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LakhimpurArlingtonDiyarbakir

In new street additions, Lakhimpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Arlington built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Diyarbakir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Lakhimpur and Arlington both became progressively more disconnected, while Diyarbakir grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Lakhimpur and Arlington have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.