Maraucha 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 Maraucha plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Maraucha fell steadily, 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, Maraucha's incremental SNDi fell from 2.95 to 1.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maraucha ranked 43rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 251st 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?

• Ninh Hòa, Vietnam
• Haspura, India
• Tumen, China
• Dhi Samir, Yemen
• Baberu, India
• Słupsk, Poland

In new street additions, Maraucha built increasingly connected streets over time, while Ninh Hòa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dhi Samir fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Maraucha became progressively more connected, while Ninh Hòa fluctuated in connectivity and Dhi Samir became progressively more disconnected. Maraucha and Ninh Hòa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.