Falakata 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 Falakata plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Falakata rose steadily, 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, Falakata's incremental SNDi rose from 2.42 to 6.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Falakata ranked 19th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 648th 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?

• Telford, United Kingdom
• Palghar, India
• Gobichettipalayam, India
• Brest, France
• Dazu, China
• Jequié, Brazil

In new street additions, Falakata built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Telford built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Brest fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Falakata and Brest both became progressively more disconnected, while Telford grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Falakata had a more connected network than Brest in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.