Kerakat 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 Kerakat plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kerakat's incremental SNDi rose from 1.71 to 4.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kerakat ranked 141st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 997th 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?

• Hansi, India
• Thaton, Myanmar
• Shire, Ethiopia
• Ismaila, Pakistan
• Parachinar, Pakistan
• Varginha, Brazil

In new street additions, Kerakat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hansi built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ismaila built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kerakat fluctuated in connectivity, while Hansi became progressively more disconnected and Ismaila became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Kerakat had a more connected network than Hansi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.