Rudauli in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rudauli in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rudauli plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rudauli peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Rudauli's incremental SNDi fell from 4.96 to 1.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rudauli ranked 62nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 387th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.57
- Rank in India
- 74th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 29th of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.8
- Rank in India
- 387th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 62nd 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, Rudauli and Karadere both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Eruwa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rudauli and Karadere both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Eruwa became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Rudauli had a more connected network than Eruwa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.