Rampura Phul in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rampura Phul 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
Rampura PhulPunjab (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rampura Phul plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rampura Phul rose steadily, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rampura Phul's incremental SNDi rose from 4.4 to 4.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rampura Phul ranked 16th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 701st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.43
Rank in India
774th of 1868
Rank in Punjab
26th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in India
701st of 1868
Rank in Punjab
16th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rampura PhulNauderoYasmansalyk

In new street additions, Rampura Phul built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Naudero fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Yasmansalyk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rampura Phul became progressively more disconnected, while Naudero fluctuated in connectivity and Yasmansalyk fluctuated in connectivity. Rampura Phul and Naudero have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.