Barwa Rajapakar 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 Barwa Rajapakar plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barwa Rajapakar was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Uttar Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barwa Rajapakar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.97 to 3.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barwa Rajapakar ranked 118th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 846th 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?

• Ngai Giao, Vietnam
• Estância, Brazil
• Lobatse, Botswana
• Chư Sê, Vietnam
• Rundu, Namibia
• Unaaha, Indonesia

In new street additions, Barwa Rajapakar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ngai Giao built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Chư Sê fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Barwa Rajapakar became progressively more connected, while Ngai Giao became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Chư Sê fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Barwa Rajapakar had a more connected network than Ngai Giao in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.