Lalpur 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 Lalpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Lalpur followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Lalpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.32 to 7.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lalpur ranked 271st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1747th 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?

• Bloomington, United States
• Vavoua, Côte d'Ivoire
• Edéa, Cameroon
• Anupshahr, India
• Yanwucun, China
• Taechon, North Korea

In new street additions, Lalpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bloomington built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Anupshahr built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Lalpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Bloomington became progressively more disconnected and Anupshahr became progressively more connected. Lalpur and Bloomington have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.