Nawada in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nawada in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nawada plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nawada 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, Nawada's incremental SNDi rose from 5.65 to 6.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nawada ranked 89th out of 140 cities in West Bengal as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.18
- Rank in West Bengal
- 70th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.41
- Rank in West Bengal
- 89th of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Matão, Brazil
- Fengzhen, China
- Lwambo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Cadereyta Jiménez, México
- Buzuluk, Russia
- Yanjin, China
In new street additions, Nawada and Matão both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cadereyta Jiménez fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.