Makrahi 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 Makrahi plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Makrahi's incremental SNDi rose from 0.34 to 2.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Makrahi ranked 26th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 86th 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?

• Humanabad, India
• Ndop, Cameroon
• Новый городок, Russia
• Engenheiro Pedreira, Brazil
• Nine Mile Corner, Nigeria
• Kelowna, Canada

In new street additions, Makrahi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Humanabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Engenheiro Pedreira built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Makrahi fluctuated in connectivity, while Humanabad became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Engenheiro Pedreira became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Makrahi and Humanabad have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.