Sanjaypur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sanjaypur plotted against Barisal and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Sanjaypur followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Barisal which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sanjaypur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.17 to 6.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sanjaypur ranked 9th out of 15 cities in Barisal and 110th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Neyyatinkara, India
• Namur, Belgium
• Yaodu, China
• Fuyu, China
• Sumusta, Egypt
• Barhampur, India

In new street additions, Sanjaypur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Neyyatinkara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Fuyu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sanjaypur fluctuated in connectivity, while Neyyatinkara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Fuyu became progressively more disconnected. Sanjaypur and Neyyatinkara have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.