Rajgarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rajgarh in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajgarhRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajgarh plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rajgarh followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Rajasthan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rajgarh's incremental SNDi fell from 2.8 to 2.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.04

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.45

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajgarhCatanduvaWugang

In new street additions, Rajgarh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Catanduva fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Wugang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Rajgarh fluctuated in connectivity, while Catanduva became progressively more disconnected and Wugang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Rajgarh had a more sprawly network than Wugang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.