Nautanwa 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 Nautanwa plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nautanwa's incremental SNDi rose from 8.96 to 10.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nautanwa ranked 288th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1846th 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?

• Thoubal, India
• Huangmei County, China
• Gapan, Philippines
• Panyabungan, Indonesia
• Digos, Philippines
• Gunnowal, India

In new street additions, Nautanwa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Thoubal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Panyabungan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Nautanwa fluctuated in connectivity, while Thoubal became progressively more connected and Panyabungan became progressively more disconnected. Nautanwa and Thoubal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.