Rudrapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rudrapur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rudrapur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rudrapur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.57 to 5.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rudrapur ranked 242nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.85
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 234th of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.12
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 242nd of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sinwon, North Korea
- Nampa, United States
- Chester, United States
- Novomoskovsk, Russia
- Daule, Ecuador
- Tiaong, Philippines
In new street additions, Rudrapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sinwon built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Novomoskovsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Sinwon and Novomoskovsk both became progressively more disconnected, while Rudrapur fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Rudrapur had a more connected network than Sinwon in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.