Utraula 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 Utraula plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Utraula 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, Utraula's incremental SNDi rose from 4.28 to 5.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Utraula ranked 147th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1050th 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?

• Tshela, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Kusong, North Korea
• Hongtong, China
• Montévrain, France
• Al Majar al Kabir, Iraq
• Manmad, India

In new street additions, Utraula built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Tshela built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Montévrain built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Utraula became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Tshela became progressively more disconnected and Montévrain grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Utraula and Montévrain have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.