Mathbaria in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mathbaria in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MathbariaBarisal (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mathbaria plotted against Barisal and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Mathbaria rose steadily, compared to Barisal which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mathbaria's incremental SNDi rose from 2.15 to 4.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mathbaria ranked 1st out of 15 cities in Barisal and 4th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.16
Rank in Bangladesh
17th of 234
Rank in Barisal
1st of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in Bangladesh
4th of 234
Rank in Barisal
1st of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MathbariaZhangziBhera

In new street additions, Mathbaria built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zhangzi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bhera fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mathbaria and Zhangzi both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhera fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Mathbaria had a more connected network than Zhangzi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.