Haringhata 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 Haringhata plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Haringhata 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, Haringhata's incremental SNDi rose from 4.56 to 5.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haringhata ranked 65th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1388th 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?

• Qabilat alturki, Libya
• Landi Kotal, Pakistan
• Negara, Indonesia
• Faya-Largeau, Chad
• Pangkalan Brandan, Indonesia
• Qing, China

In new street additions, Haringhata built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Qabilat alturki built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Faya-Largeau fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Haringhata and Qabilat alturki both became progressively more disconnected, while Faya-Largeau became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Haringhata and Faya-Largeau have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.