Purwa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Purwa in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PurwaUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Purwa plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Purwa fell 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, Purwa's incremental SNDi fell from 2.03 to 1.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Purwa ranked 50th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 279th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.34
Rank in India
46th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
14th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.57
Rank in India
279th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
50th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PurwaPingluPuranigudam

In new street additions, Purwa built increasingly connected streets over time, while Pinglu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Puranigudam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Purwa became progressively more connected, while Pinglu became progressively more disconnected and Puranigudam became progressively more connected. Purwa and Pinglu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.