Rath 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 Rath plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rath 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, Rath's incremental SNDi rose from 2.69 to 3.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rath ranked 51st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 281st 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?

• Lushan, China
• Sanchore, India
• Bethuadahari, India
• Valenciennes, France
• Unjha, India
• Qianshan, China

In new street additions, Rath built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Lushan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Valenciennes fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rath and Valenciennes both became progressively more disconnected, while Lushan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Rath and Lushan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.