Habra 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 Habra plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Habra was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Habra's incremental SNDi rose from 3.87 to 5.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Habra ranked 62nd out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1348th 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?

• Laizhou, China
• Lausanne, Switzerland
• Pollachi, India
• Manikchak, India
• Tokushima, Japan
• Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire

In new street additions, Habra and Manikchak both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Laizhou built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Habra and Manikchak both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Laizhou became progressively more disconnected. Habra and Laizhou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.