Nichlaul in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nichlaul in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nichlaul plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nichlaul followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Nichlaul ranked 5th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 16th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- N/A
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.1
- Rank in India
- 16th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 5th of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Santa Cruz Barillas, Guatemala
- Núi Đối, Vietnam
- Sougueur, Algeria
- Jerusalem, South Africa
- Reyhanlı, Turkey
- Ashta, India
While Santa Cruz Barillas and Jerusalem both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Nichlaul fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Santa Cruz Barillas and Jerusalem both became progressively more disconnected, while Nichlaul fluctuated in connectivity. Nichlaul and Santa Cruz Barillas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.