Mubarakpur 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 Mubarakpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mubarakpur fell steadily, 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, Mubarakpur's incremental SNDi fell from 4.79 to 3.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mubarakpur ranked 224th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1436th 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?

• Apartadó, Colombia
• Gimpo, South Korea
• Rio Grande, Brazil
• Abak, Nigeria
• Ketapang, Indonesia
• Sakhakot, Pakistan

In new street additions, Mubarakpur built increasingly connected streets over time, while Apartadó fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Abak built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Mubarakpur became progressively more connected, while Apartadó fluctuated in connectivity and Abak became progressively more disconnected. Mubarakpur and Abak have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.