Mallanwan 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 Mallanwan plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mallanwan's incremental SNDi rose from 1.64 to 2.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mallanwan ranked 38th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 225th 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?

• Lago Norte, Brazil
• Beni Muhammadiyat, Egypt
• Anpara, India
• Yuncheng, China
• Chilakaluripet, India
• Planaltina, Brazil

In new street additions, Mallanwan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lago Norte built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Yuncheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mallanwan and Lago Norte both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Yuncheng became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.