Renukoot 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 Renukoot plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Renukoot 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, Renukoot's incremental SNDi rose from 5.68 to 11.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Renukoot ranked 243rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1532nd 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?

• Miryalaguda, India
• Anfu, China
• Funan, China
• Wenlan, China
• Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm, Vietnam
• Xinshi, China

In new street additions, Renukoot built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Miryalaguda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Wenlan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Renukoot became progressively more disconnected, while Miryalaguda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Wenlan became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Renukoot and Miryalaguda have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.