Chapra in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chapra in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chapra plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chapra peaked 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, Chapra's incremental SNDi fell from 5.64 to 4.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chapra ranked 53rd out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1206th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.2
- Rank in India
- 672nd of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 14th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.25
- Rank in India
- 1206th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 53rd of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Taibe, Palestine
- Chandrakona, India
- Ceylanpınar, Turkey
- Kyolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Canterbury, United Kingdom
- Sugarland Run, United States
In new street additions, Chapra built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Taibe built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kyolo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chapra grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Taibe became progressively more disconnected and Kyolo fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Chapra had a more connected network than Taibe in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.