Kandi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kandi in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KandiWest Bengal (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kandi plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kandi followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Kandi ranked 8th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 398th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in India
398th of 1868
Rank in West Bengal
8th of 140

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KandiKavaliStonebridge

In new street additions, Kandi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kavali built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Stonebridge built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kandi fluctuated in connectivity, while Kavali became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Stonebridge grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kandi and Kavali have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.