Suar 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 Suar plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Suar 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, Suar's incremental SNDi fell from 2.85 to 2.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Suar ranked 44th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 253rd 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?

• Tumed Left Banner, China
• Luang Prabang, Laos
• Lingchuan, China
• Serra Talhada, Brazil
• Hammam Damt, Yemen
• Concón, Chile

In new street additions, Suar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tumed Left Banner built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Serra Talhada built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Suar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tumed Left Banner became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Serra Talhada grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Suar and Tumed Left Banner have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.