Rasoi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rasoi in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RasoiNCT of Delhi (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rasoi plotted against NCT of Delhi and India. While NCT of Delhi and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Rasoi's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rasoi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.14 to 3.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rasoi ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in NCT of Delhi and 631st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in India
437th of 1868
Rank in NCT of Delhi
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.29
Rank in India
631st of 1868
Rank in NCT of Delhi
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RasoiFaiyumXiashan

In new street additions, Rasoi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Faiyum built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Xiashan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Faiyum and Xiashan both became progressively more disconnected, while Rasoi fluctuated in connectivity. Rasoi and Faiyum have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.