Tamkuhi Raj 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 Tamkuhi Raj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tamkuhi Raj 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, Tamkuhi Raj's incremental SNDi rose from 3.43 to 3.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tamkuhi Raj ranked 112th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 809th 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?

• Haifeng, China
• Haimen, China
• Anápolis, Brazil
• Takamatsu, Japan
• `Adan, Yemen
• Elazığ, Turkey

In new street additions, Tamkuhi Raj built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Haifeng built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Takamatsu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Haifeng and Takamatsu both became progressively more disconnected, while Tamkuhi Raj became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Tamkuhi Raj and Haifeng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.