Debandi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Debandi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Debandi plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Debandi followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Debandi's incremental SNDi fell from 5.7 to 4.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Debandi ranked 90th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1602nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.63
- Rank in India
- 863rd of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 20th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.43
- Rank in India
- 1602nd of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 90th of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Guankou, China
- Wuqing, China
- Massawa, Eritrea
- Rewa, India
- Charsadda, Pakistan
- Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
In new street additions, Debandi and Guankou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rewa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Debandi and Guankou both fluctuated in connectivity, while Rewa became progressively more disconnected. Debandi and Rewa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.