Rajura 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 Rajura plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rajura's incremental SNDi rose from 2.24 to 3.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajura ranked 43rd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 229th 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?

• Pawapuri, India
• Ipswich, Australia
• Kailahun, Sierra Leone
• Pasaman, Indonesia
• Pasaje, Ecuador
• Salekhard, Russia

In new street additions, Rajura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pawapuri built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Pasaman built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Rajura fluctuated in connectivity, while Pawapuri became progressively more connected and Pasaman became progressively more disconnected. Rajura and Pasaman have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.