Rajauli 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 Rajauli plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rajauli followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Rajauli's incremental SNDi fell from 3.44 to -0.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajauli ranked 7th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 87th 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?

• Julābditola, India
• Sukoharjo, Indonesia
• Pulka, Nigeria
• Tafawa-Balewa, Nigeria
• 龙山镇, China
• Ilishan, Nigeria

In new street additions, Rajauli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Julābditola built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Tafawa-Balewa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rajauli became progressively more connected, while Julābditola became progressively more disconnected and Tafawa-Balewa fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Rajauli had a more sprawly network than Julābditola in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.