Bishnupur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bishnupur in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BishnupurWest Bengal (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bishnupur plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bishnupur was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Bishnupur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.61 to 7.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.38

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.95

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BishnupurXijiDambam

In new street additions, Bishnupur and Xiji both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Dambam built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Bishnupur and Xiji both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Dambam became progressively more connected. Notably, Bishnupur had a more connected network than Dambam in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.