Basirhat in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Basirhat in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Basirhat plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Basirhat 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, Basirhat's incremental SNDi rose from 5.55 to 6.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Basirhat ranked 101st out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1655th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.47
- Rank in India
- 1480th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 79th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.77
- Rank in India
- 1655th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 101st of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Huangshan, China
- Thakurgaon, Bangladesh
- Shahabad, India
- Pandeglang, Indonesia
- Jincheng Town, China
- Zhengdian, China
Basirhat, Huangshan, and Pandeglang all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Basirhat and Pandeglang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.