Ratia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ratia in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RatiaHaryana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ratia plotted against Haryana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ratia rose steadily, compared to Haryana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ratia's incremental SNDi rose from 6.52 to 8.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ratia ranked 40th out of 40 cities in Haryana and 1678th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.98
Rank in India
1711th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
40th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.89
Rank in India
1678th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
40th of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RatiaSundarpurFatehpur Sikri

In new street additions, Ratia and Fatehpur Sikri both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sundarpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ratia and Fatehpur Sikri both became progressively more disconnected, while Sundarpur fluctuated in connectivity. Ratia and Sundarpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.