Chandrakona Road in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chandrakona Road in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Chandrakona RoadWest Bengal (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chandrakona Road plotted against West Bengal and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chandrakona Road's incremental SNDi rose from 3.41 to 3.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chandrakona Road ranked 22nd out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 721st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.81
Rank in India
524th of 1868
Rank in West Bengal
8th of 140

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in India
721st of 1868
Rank in West Bengal
22nd of 140

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Chandrakona RoadHuiliZlatoust

In new street additions, Chandrakona Road fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Huili built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Zlatoust built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Chandrakona Road and Huili have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.