Shamsabad 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 Shamsabad plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Shamsabad was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Shamsabad's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 3.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shamsabad ranked 74th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 440th 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?

• Beechwood, United States
• Damaturu, Nigeria
• Bhedarganj, Bangladesh
• Granollers, Spain
• Mineralnye Vody, Russia
• Ayyampettai, India

In new street additions, Shamsabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Beechwood built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Granollers built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Beechwood and Granollers both became progressively more disconnected, while Shamsabad fluctuated in connectivity. Shamsabad and Beechwood have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.