Agailjhara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Agailjhara in context

5678910<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5678910<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AgailjharaBarisal (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Agailjhara plotted against Barisal and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Agailjhara was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Barisal which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Agailjhara's incremental SNDi rose from 7.08 to 9.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Agailjhara ranked 11th out of 15 cities in Barisal and 171st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.63
Rank in Bangladesh
145th of 234
Rank in Barisal
11th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
8.64
Rank in Bangladesh
171st of 234
Rank in Barisal
11th of 15

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AgailjharaDinghai DistrictNampo

In new street additions, Agailjhara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Dinghai District fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Nampo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Agailjhara became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Dinghai District fluctuated in connectivity and Nampo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.