Nabadwip 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 Nabadwip plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nabadwip peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Nabadwip's incremental SNDi fell from 6.51 to 6.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nabadwip ranked 86th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1578th 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?

• Diffa, Niger
• Örebro, Sweden
• Sohar, Oman
• Sidi Salim, Egypt
• Xiyang, China
• Crato, Brazil

In new street additions, Nabadwip built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Diffa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sidi Salim built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Nabadwip and Sidi Salim both became progressively more disconnected, while Diffa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Nabadwip and Diffa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.