Kekri 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 Kekri plotted against Rajasthan and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kekri's incremental SNDi rose from 0.25 to 0.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kekri ranked 1st out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 5th 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?

• Heping, China
• Sartu, China
• Itapeva, Brazil
• Junlian, China
• Doyogena, Ethiopia
• Sanawad, India

In new street additions, Kekri and Heping both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Junlian built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kekri and Heping both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Junlian became progressively more disconnected.