Rajpura in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rajpura in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajpura plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rajpura peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rajpura's incremental SNDi fell from 3.66 to 3.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajpura ranked 13th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 585th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.47
- Rank in India
- 390th of 1868
- Rank in Punjab
- 8th of 41
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.21
- Rank in India
- 585th of 1868
- Rank in Punjab
- 13th of 41
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Rajpura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Limassol built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Hawrah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rajpura and Limassol both became progressively more disconnected, while Hawrah became progressively more connected.