Kakdwip 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 Kakdwip plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kakdwip 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, Kakdwip's incremental SNDi rose from 6.22 to 8.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kakdwip ranked 116th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1742nd 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?

• Việt Trì, Vietnam
• Biak Kota, Indonesia
• Ciudad Valles, México
• Drexel Heights, United States
• Abengourou, Côte d'Ivoire
• Okposi, Nigeria

While Việt Trì and Drexel Heights both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Kakdwip built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Kakdwip became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Việt Trì grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Drexel Heights became progressively more disconnected.