Sitapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sitapur in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SitapurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sitapur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sitapur rose steadily, 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, Sitapur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.28 to 4.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sitapur ranked 155th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1098th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.98
Rank in India
1033rd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
190th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.04
Rank in India
1098th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
155th of 291

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SitapurBristolOyo

In new street additions, Sitapur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bristol built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Oyo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sitapur and Bristol both became progressively more disconnected, while Oyo fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Sitapur had a more connected network than Oyo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.