Shikarpur 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 Shikarpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Shikarpur peaked 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, Shikarpur's incremental SNDi fell from 3.93 to 3.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shikarpur ranked 79th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 473rd 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?

• Zhelin, China
• Chambéry, France
• Shanyin, China
• Yunan, China
• Gola Bazar, India
• Longquan, China

In new street additions, Shikarpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Zhelin built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Yunan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Shikarpur and Zhelin both became progressively more disconnected, while Yunan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Shikarpur had a more connected network than Yunan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.