Raebareli in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Raebareli in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Raebareli plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Raebareli rose 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, Raebareli's incremental SNDi rose from 4.34 to 4.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Raebareli ranked 161st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1127th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.69
- Rank in India
- 886th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 160th of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.11
- Rank in India
- 1127th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 161st of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Raebareli and Bulandshahr both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ambala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Raebareli and Bulandshahr have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.