Rampur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rampur in context

3.644.44.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.644.44.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RampurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rampur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rampur 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, Rampur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.26 to 4.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rampur ranked 142nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1000th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.32
Rank in India
721st of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
138th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in India
1000th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
142nd of 291

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RampurAl IsmailiyaTakasaki [Maebashi]

In new street additions, Rampur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Ismailiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Takasaki [Maebashi] built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.