Noorpur 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 Noorpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Noorpur peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Noorpur's incremental SNDi fell from 7.29 to 4.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Noorpur ranked 258th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1675th 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?

• Weichang, China
• Birnin Gwari, Nigeria
• 峄城区, China
• Zabid, Yemen
• Malakanagiri, India
• Harlow, United Kingdom

In new street additions, Noorpur and Weichang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Zabid built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Noorpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Weichang became progressively more disconnected and Zabid grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Noorpur and Zabid have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.