Sadabad 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 Sadabad plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sadabad 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, Sadabad's incremental SNDi rose from 3.75 to 3.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sadabad ranked 106th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 759th 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?

• Sirsaganj, India
• Char Alexander, Bangladesh
• Urdaneta, Philippines
• Armoor, India
• Chashan, China
• Jhargram, India

In new street additions, Sadabad built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sirsaganj built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Armoor built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sadabad became progressively more disconnected, while Sirsaganj grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Armoor became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Sadabad and Armoor have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.