Rudrapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rudrapur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rudrapur plotted against Uttarakhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rudrapur rose steadily, compared to Uttarakhand which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rudrapur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.14 to 5.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rudrapur ranked 13th out of 20 cities in Uttarakhand and 1576th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.69
- Rank in India
- 1280th of 1868
- Rank in Uttarakhand
- 13th of 20
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.31
- Rank in India
- 1576th of 1868
- Rank in Uttarakhand
- 13th of 20
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Madhubani, India
- Jaranwala, Pakistan
- Bo, Sierra Leone
- Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
- Montería, Colombia
- Burewala, Pakistan
Rudrapur, Madhubani, and Malabo all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Rudrapur had a more connected network than Malabo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.