Phulpur 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 Phulpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Phulpur 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, Phulpur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.43 to 5.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Phulpur ranked 251st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1597th 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?

• Milange, Mozambique
• Zacatelco, México
• Naxi, China
• Ksar Hellal, Tunisia
• Tulus, Sudan
• Obudu, Nigeria

While Milange and Ksar Hellal both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Phulpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Milange and Ksar Hellal both became progressively more disconnected, while Phulpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Phulpur and Milange have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.