Seohara 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 Seohara plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Seohara 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, Seohara's incremental SNDi fell from 7.1 to 1.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Seohara ranked 286th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1831st 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?

• Idiofa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Kothagudem, India
• Palabuhanratu, Indonesia
• Bến Tre, Vietnam
• Ikole, Nigeria
• Bagan Siapi-api, Indonesia

In new street additions, Seohara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Idiofa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bến Tre built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Idiofa and Bến Tre both became progressively more disconnected, while Seohara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Seohara and Bến Tre have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.