Lucknow in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lucknow 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
LucknowUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lucknow plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Lucknow's incremental SNDi rose from 3.26 to 3.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lucknow ranked 96th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 645th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in India
499th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
98th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in India
645th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
96th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LucknowAmmanChattogram

In new street additions, Lucknow and Amman both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chattogram built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Lucknow and Amman have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.