Raver 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 Raver plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Raver rose steadily, compared to Maharashtra which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Raver's incremental SNDi rose from 4.33 to 7.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Raver ranked 106th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 800th 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?

• Maynaguri, India
• Jingzhou, China
• Linwu, China
• Yun, China
• Minggang, China
• Chettia, Algeria

While Maynaguri and Yun both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Raver built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.