Barishal in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Barishal in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barishal plotted against Barisal and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Barishal rose steadily, compared to Barisal which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barishal's incremental SNDi rose from 5.55 to 8.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barishal ranked 6th out of 15 cities in Barisal and 105th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.37
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 121st of 234
- Rank in Barisal
- 9th of 15
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.96
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 105th of 234
- Rank in Barisal
- 6th of 15
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Al-Ubayyid, Sudan
- Wrocław, Poland
- Samsun, Turkey
- Leipzig, Germany
- Langfang, China
- Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia
In new street additions, Barishal and Leipzig both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al-Ubayyid fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.