Sikandra Rao 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 Sikandra Rao plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sikandra Rao was at its lowest 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, Sikandra Rao's incremental SNDi rose from 5.55 to 5.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sikandra Rao ranked 240th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1508th 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?

• Haiyan, China
• 大武口村, China
• Pasrur, Pakistan
• Maiji, China
• Oltiariq, Uzbekistan
• Neicuo, China

In new street additions, Sikandra Rao built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Haiyan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Maiji built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Sikandra Rao became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Haiyan fluctuated in connectivity and Maiji became progressively more disconnected. Sikandra Rao and Haiyan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.