Shahabad 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 Shahabad plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Shahabad 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, Shahabad's incremental SNDi fell from 1.48 to 1.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shahabad ranked 12th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 40th 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?

• Tai Po, Hong Kong
• Bydgoszcz, Poland
• Kaunas, Lithuania
• Thakurgaon, Bangladesh
• Huangshan, China
• Basirhat, India

While Tai Po and Thakurgaon both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Shahabad built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Tai Po and Thakurgaon both became progressively more disconnected, while Shahabad grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Shahabad and Tai Po have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.