Salempur 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 Salempur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Salempur was at its lowest 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, Salempur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.38 to 8.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salempur ranked 250th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1596th 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?

• Albacete, Spain
• Al Wakrah, Qatar
• Tekirdağ, Turkey
• Daytona Beach, United States
• Wereta, Ethiopia
• Malayer, Iran

In new street additions, Salempur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Albacete built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Daytona Beach fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Albacete and Daytona Beach both became progressively more disconnected, while Salempur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.