Rajim in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rajim in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajimChhattisgarh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajim plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rajim peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rajim's incremental SNDi fell from 3.11 to 2.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajim ranked 7th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 376th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.15
Rank in India
123rd of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
2nd of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in India
376th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
7th of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajimSabzevarSyzran

In new street additions, Rajim built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Sabzevar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Syzran built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Rajim grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sabzevar became progressively more connected and Syzran became progressively more disconnected. Rajim and Sabzevar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.