Buran Gabarda 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 Buran Gabarda plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Buran Gabarda 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, Buran Gabarda's incremental SNDi rose from 7.52 to 9.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buran Gabarda ranked 128th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1822nd 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?

• Sifawa, Nigeria
• Wenatchee, United States
• Ghazi, Pakistan
• Muhavoor, India
• Char Madhua, Bangladesh
• Shankardih, India

In new street additions, Buran Gabarda built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sifawa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Muhavoor built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Buran Gabarda became progressively more disconnected, while Sifawa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Muhavoor became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Buran Gabarda and Sifawa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.