Nagina in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nagina in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NaginaUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nagina plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nagina 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, Nagina's incremental SNDi fell from 3.35 to 2.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nagina ranked 88th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 553rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in India
197th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
55th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.16
Rank in India
553rd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
88th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NaginaShadeganOju

While Shadegan and Oju both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Nagina built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Shadegan and Oju both became progressively more disconnected, while Nagina grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.