Saifni 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 Saifni plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Saifni peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Saifni's incremental SNDi fell from 3.92 to 3.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Saifni ranked 89th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 556th 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?

• Dai, China
• Três Corações, Brazil
• Esfarayen, Iran
• Krymsk, Russia
• Huaral, Peru
• Xindeng, China

While Dai and Krymsk both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Saifni built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Dai and Krymsk both became progressively more disconnected, while Saifni grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Saifni had a more connected network than Krymsk in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.