Maudaha 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 Maudaha plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Maudaha was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Maudaha's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 2.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maudaha ranked 33rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 161st 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?

• Shanhe, China
• Tianzhen, China
• Brusque, Brazil
• Santo Ângelo, Brazil
• Danwar, India
• Campana, Argentina

In new street additions, Maudaha built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Shanhe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Santo Ângelo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Maudaha became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Shanhe grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Santo Ângelo became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Maudaha had a more sprawly network than Santo Ângelo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.