Aranghata 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 Aranghata plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Aranghata followed a zig-zag trend, compared to West Bengal which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Aranghata ranked 134th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1844th 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?

• Bratsk, Russia
• Ghurian, Afghanistan
• Kafr Ibrash, Egypt
• Giingee, India
• Cầu Giát, Vietnam
• Lalkuan, India

In new street additions, Aranghata fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bratsk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Giingee built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Aranghata became progressively more disconnected, while Bratsk became progressively more disconnected and Giingee became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.