Chandpara 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 Chandpara plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chandpara was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Chandpara's incremental SNDi rose from 7.38 to 8.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chandpara ranked 124th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1797th 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?

• Fazilka, India
• Guaymas, México
• Esmeraldas, Ecuador
• Dirin, Egypt
• Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
• Alipur, Pakistan

In new street additions, Chandpara and Dirin both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Fazilka built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Chandpara and Dirin both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Fazilka became progressively more disconnected.