Kalna in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kalna in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kalna plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kalna 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, Kalna's incremental SNDi rose from 6.83 to 8.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kalna ranked 100th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1653rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.38
- Rank in India
- 1687th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 112th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.76
- Rank in India
- 1653rd of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 100th of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Arani, India
- Gandhinagar, India
- Divinópolis, Brazil
- Metro, Indonesia
- Jega, Nigeria
- San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina
Kalna, Arani, and Metro all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.