Ratia in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ratia in context
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?
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.