Rahui in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rahui in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rahui plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rahui was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Bihar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rahui's incremental SNDi rose from 5.88 to 7.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rahui ranked 254th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1807th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.08
- Rank in India
- 1573rd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 211th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.94
- Rank in India
- 1807th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 254th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Rahui built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Sidi Aissa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kars built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Rahui became progressively more connected, while Sidi Aissa became progressively more disconnected and Kars grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Rahui and Sidi Aissa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.