Nadanghat in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nadanghat in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nadanghat plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nadanghat 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, Nadanghat's incremental SNDi fell from 6.7 to 6.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nadanghat ranked 121st out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1769th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.11
- Rank in India
- 1393rd of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 69th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.76
- Rank in India
- 1769th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 121st of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Zlatoust, Russia
- Chandrakona Road, India
- Huili, China
- Laifeng, China
- Tomohon, Indonesia
- Brockton, United States
While Zlatoust and Laifeng both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Nadanghat built increasingly connected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Zlatoust and Laifeng both became progressively more disconnected, while Nadanghat became progressively more connected.