Rasra 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 Rasra plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rasra was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Rasra's incremental SNDi rose from 4.74 to 5.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rasra ranked 194th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1257th 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?

• Maidstone, United Kingdom
• Esna, Egypt
• Manihari, India
• Bodo, Nigeria
• Xin'an, China
• Tenkasi, India

In new street additions, Rasra built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Maidstone built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Bodo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Maidstone and Bodo both became progressively more disconnected, while Rasra became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Rasra and Maidstone have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.