Kakrala 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 Kakrala plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kakrala followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Kakrala's incremental SNDi rose from 3.19 to 9.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kakrala ranked 254th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1647th 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?

• Berdiansk, Ukraine
• Tikrit, Iraq
• Qi, China
• Lavras, Brazil
• Fatehabad, India
• Gaoyi, China

While Berdiansk and Lavras both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Kakrala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Berdiansk and Lavras both became progressively more disconnected, while Kakrala fluctuated in connectivity.