Pundibari 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 Pundibari plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pundibari followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Pundibari's incremental SNDi rose from 3.24 to 4.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pundibari ranked 34th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 970th 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 Worth, United States
• Teng, China
• Parghumti, India
• Tuxtepec, México
• Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
• Dera Allah Yar, Pakistan

In new street additions, Pundibari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fort Worth built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tuxtepec built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Fort Worth and Tuxtepec both became progressively more disconnected, while Pundibari fluctuated in connectivity. Pundibari and Fort Worth have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.