Krishnanagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Krishnanagar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Krishnanagar plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Krishnanagar 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, Krishnanagar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.93 to 6.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Krishnanagar ranked 26th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 806th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.4
- Rank in India
- 1465th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 77th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.58
- Rank in India
- 806th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 26th of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Krishnanagar, Touba, and Mangaluru all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Krishnanagar and Touba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.