Nutanbilkumari 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 Nutanbilkumari plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nutanbilkumari was at its lowest 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, Nutanbilkumari's incremental SNDi rose from 3.62 to 10.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nutanbilkumari ranked 14th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 591st 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?

• Nokha, India
• Guelph, Canada
• Garanhuns, Brazil
• Kotaanyar, Indonesia
• Tenth Of Ramadan, Egypt
• Teseney, Eritrea

In new street additions, Nutanbilkumari built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Nokha built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kotaanyar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Nutanbilkumari became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Nokha became progressively more disconnected and Kotaanyar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Nutanbilkumari and Nokha have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.