Pratapgarh 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 Pratapgarh plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pratapgarh rose steadily, 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, Pratapgarh's incremental SNDi rose from 8.37 to 8.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pratapgarh ranked 257th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Bloemfontein, South Africa
• San Juan, Argentina
• Chișinău, Moldova
• Longyan, China
• Huzhou, China
• Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

In new street additions, Pratapgarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bloemfontein built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Longyan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pratapgarh and Longyan both became progressively more disconnected, while Bloemfontein grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Pratapgarh and Longyan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.