Mungra Badshahpur 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 Mungra Badshahpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mungra Badshahpur 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, Mungra Badshahpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.11 to 4.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mungra Badshahpur ranked 72nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 435th 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?

• Santa Maria, United States
• Charkhi Dadri, India
• Andimeshk, Iran
• Liên Nghĩa, Vietnam
• Garsila, Sudan
• Badajoz, Spain

In new street additions, Mungra Badshahpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Santa Maria built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Liên Nghĩa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mungra Badshahpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Santa Maria became progressively more disconnected and Liên Nghĩa fluctuated in connectivity. Mungra Badshahpur and Santa Maria have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.