Sambhal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sambhal in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SambhalUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sambhal plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sambhal's incremental SNDi rose from 2.74 to 3.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sambhal ranked 47th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 270th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.42
Rank in India
372nd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
80th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in India
270th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
47th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SambhalSantiago de CubaIrkutsk

In new street additions, Sambhal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Santiago de Cuba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Irkutsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.