Barguna in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Barguna in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BargunaBarisal (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barguna plotted against Barisal and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Barguna rose steadily, compared to Barisal which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barguna's incremental SNDi rose from 3.8 to 4.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barguna ranked 2nd out of 15 cities in Barisal and 22nd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.33
Rank in Bangladesh
25th of 234
Rank in Barisal
3rd of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.36
Rank in Bangladesh
22nd of 234
Rank in Barisal
2nd of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BargunagiljueubBolu

In new street additions, Barguna built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while 길주읍 fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bolu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Barguna became progressively more disconnected, while 길주읍 fluctuated in connectivity and Bolu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Barguna and Bolu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.