Sahaswan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sahaswan in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SahaswanUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sahaswan plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sahaswan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Sahaswan's incremental SNDi fell from 4.41 to 3.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sahaswan ranked 162nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1130th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.01
Rank in India
257th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
62nd of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.12
Rank in India
1130th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
162nd of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SahaswanAkronShishou

In new street additions, Sahaswan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Akron fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Shishou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Akron and Shishou both became progressively more disconnected, while Sahaswan fluctuated in connectivity.