Zamania in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Zamania in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zamania plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Zamania 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, Zamania's incremental SNDi fell from 5.74 to 5.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zamania ranked 236th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1482nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.07
- Rank in India
- 1071st of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 199th of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.96
- Rank in India
- 1482nd of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 236th of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sukasari, Indonesia
- Qin, China
- El-Shaikh Youssef, Egypt
- Bhachau, India
- Bambari, Central African Republic
- Cairns, Australia
In new street additions, Zamania and Bhachau both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sukasari built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Zamania and Bhachau both fluctuated in connectivity, while Sukasari became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Zamania had a more sprawly network than Sukasari in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.