Bijali in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bijali in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bijali plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bijali 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, Bijali's incremental SNDi rose from 10.57 to 17.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bijali ranked 137th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1851st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 17.63
- Rank in India
- 1788th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 130th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 10.72
- Rank in India
- 1851st of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 137th of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kakata, Liberia
- Ratanpur, India
- Maradun, Nigeria
- Tumsar, India
- Trilyee Family, Afghanistan
- Hanau, Germany
In new street additions, Bijali and Kakata both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tumsar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bijali and Kakata have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.