Pirojpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pirojpur in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pirojpur plotted against Barisal and Bangladesh. While Barisal and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Pirojpur's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Pirojpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.58 to 8.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pirojpur ranked 7th out of 15 cities in Barisal and 107th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.02
Rank in Bangladesh
114th of 234
Rank in Barisal
8th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.01
Rank in Bangladesh
107th of 234
Rank in Barisal
7th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PirojpurJagtialRegensburg

In new street additions, Pirojpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jagtial built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Regensburg built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Pirojpur and Regensburg both became progressively more disconnected, while Jagtial became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Pirojpur and Jagtial have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.