Haripal 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 Haripal plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Haripal 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, Haripal's incremental SNDi rose from 5.36 to 5.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haripal ranked 87th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1587th 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?

• Dedaye, Myanmar
• Ain Temouchent, Algeria
• Michurinsk, Russia
• Yacuiba, Bolivia
• Sherobod, Uzbekistan
• Makhdumnagar, India

In new street additions, Haripal built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dedaye built increasingly connected streets over time and Yacuiba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Haripal became progressively more disconnected, while Dedaye became progressively more connected and Yacuiba grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Haripal and Dedaye have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.