Sahatwar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sahatwar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sahatwar plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sahatwar 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, Sahatwar's incremental SNDi fell from 5.35 to 1.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sahatwar ranked 223rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1428th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.55
- Rank in India
- 73rd of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 28th of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.83
- Rank in India
- 1428th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 223rd of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Wadi, India
- Kosamba, India
- Castelldefels, Spain
- Amangarh, Pakistan
- Tana Paser, Indonesia
- Dabou, Côte d'Ivoire
In new street additions, Sahatwar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wadi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Amangarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sahatwar fluctuated in connectivity, while Wadi fluctuated in connectivity and Amangarh became progressively more disconnected. Sahatwar and Wadi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.