Minakhan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Minakhan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Minakhan plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Minakhan fell 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, Minakhan's incremental SNDi fell from 8.67 to 8.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Minakhan ranked 130th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1828th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.31
- Rank in India
- 1682nd of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 110th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.76
- Rank in India
- 1828th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 130th of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Minakhan built increasingly connected streets over time, while Podolsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Antofagasta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Podolsk and Antofagasta both became progressively more disconnected, while Minakhan became progressively more connected.