Dhupguri 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 Dhupguri plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dhupguri was at its lowest 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, Dhupguri's incremental SNDi rose from 4.42 to 6.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dhupguri ranked 85th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1570th 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?

• Al-Wasitah, Egypt
• Yuhuan, China
• Qudsayya, Syria
• Laksmipur, Nepal
• Mianwali, Pakistan
• Gillingham, United Kingdom

In new street additions, Dhupguri and Laksmipur both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Al-Wasitah built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Dhupguri and Laksmipur both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Al-Wasitah became progressively more disconnected.