Pandua 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 Pandua plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pandua 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, Pandua's incremental SNDi rose from 6.42 to 8.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pandua ranked 97th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1643rd 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?

• Fort Wayne, United States
• Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala
• Bencheng, China
• Sabha, Libya
• Kalibo, Philippines
• Tura, India

In new street additions, Pandua and Fort Wayne both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sabha built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pandua and Fort Wayne both became progressively more disconnected, while Sabha became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.