Jiaganj Azimganj 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 Jiaganj Azimganj plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jiaganj Azimganj peaked 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, Jiaganj Azimganj's incremental SNDi fell from 10.34 to 9.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jiaganj Azimganj ranked 136th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1849th 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?

• Gambela, Ethiopia
• Honjo, Japan
• Chaman, Afghanistan
• San Pedro de la Paz, Chile
• Bragança, Brazil
• Yongxing, China

While Gambela and San Pedro de la Paz both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Jiaganj Azimganj built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Gambela and San Pedro de la Paz both became progressively more disconnected, while Jiaganj Azimganj grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.