Mehdawal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mehdawal in context

3.644.44.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.644.44.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MehdawalUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mehdawal plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mehdawal's incremental SNDi rose from 3.79 to 4.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mehdawal ranked 163rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1137th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.53
Rank in India
817th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
152nd of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.13
Rank in India
1137th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
163rd of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MehdawalParmaThatta

In new street additions, Mehdawal and Thatta both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Parma built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Mehdawal fluctuated in connectivity, while Parma became progressively more disconnected and Thatta grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Mehdawal and Parma have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.