Raipur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Raipur in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RaipurChhattisgarh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Raipur plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Raipur rose steadily, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Raipur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.41 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Raipur ranked 14th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 818th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in India
983rd of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
11th of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.6
Rank in India
818th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
14th of 29

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RaipurMehsiDavao City

While Mehsi and Davao City both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Raipur built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Raipur and Davao City have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.