Machhlishahr 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 Machhlishahr plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Machhlishahr followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Machhlishahr's incremental SNDi fell from 8.22 to 7.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Machhlishahr ranked 263rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1704th 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?

• Mangi 1, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Morsito, Ethiopia
• Lingwu, China
• Catarman, Philippines
• Huachuan, China
• Qasba Gujrat, Pakistan

In new street additions, Machhlishahr fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mangi 1 fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Catarman built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Machhlishahr became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Mangi 1 fluctuated in connectivity and Catarman became progressively more disconnected. Machhlishahr and Catarman have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.