Mousani 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 Mousani plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mousani peaked 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, Mousani's incremental SNDi fell from 13.42 to 11.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mousani ranked 140th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1861st 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?

• Daund, India
• Kolaka, Indonesia
• Nefas Meewcha, Ethiopia
• Uttaradit, Thailand
• Khwazakhela, Pakistan
• Votuporanga, Brazil

In new street additions, Mousani and Daund both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Uttaradit built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Mousani grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Daund became progressively more connected and Uttaradit became progressively more disconnected. Mousani and Daund have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.