Bangaon in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bangaon in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bangaon plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bangaon rose steadily, 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. Most recently, Bangaon's incremental SNDi rose from 4.98 to 5.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bangaon ranked 78th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1504th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.94
- Rank in India
- 1353rd of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 60th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.05
- Rank in India
- 1504th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 78th of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Yangchun, China
- Tenali, India
- Temecula, United States
- Dhampur, India
- Mary, Turkmenistan
- Košice, Slovakia
In new street additions, Bangaon and Yangchun both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dhampur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bangaon and Yangchun both became progressively more disconnected, while Dhampur fluctuated in connectivity. Bangaon and Yangchun have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.