Mirzapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mirzapur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mirzapur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mirzapur peaked 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, Mirzapur's incremental SNDi fell from 5.36 to 5.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mirzapur ranked 244th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1556th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.32
- Rank in India
- 1155th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 214th of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.2
- Rank in India
- 1556th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 244th of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bahawalpur, Pakistan
- George Town, Malaysia
- Lilongwe, Malawi
- Tengzhou, China
- Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Dandong, China
In new street additions, Mirzapur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Bahawalpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Tengzhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Mirzapur and Bahawalpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Tengzhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.