Tundla 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 Tundla plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tundla followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Tundla's incremental SNDi fell from 7.62 to 7.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tundla ranked 278th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1785th 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?

• Myeik, Myanmar
• Xuancheng, China
• Ulanqab, China
• Kaiping, China
• Armenia, Colombia
• Pamplona, Spain

In new street additions, Tundla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Myeik built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kaiping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Myeik and Kaiping both became progressively more disconnected, while Tundla became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.