Tazumoddin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tazumoddin in context

6121824<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
6121824<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TazumoddinBarisal (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tazumoddin plotted against Barisal and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Tazumoddin followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Barisal which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tazumoddin's incremental SNDi fell from 24.65 to 12.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tazumoddin ranked 14th out of 15 cities in Barisal and 223rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
12.95
Rank in Bangladesh
188th of 234
Rank in Barisal
14th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
13.35
Rank in Bangladesh
223rd of 234
Rank in Barisal
14th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

071421<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
071421<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TazumoddinTrondheimKokshetau

In new street additions, Tazumoddin fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Trondheim built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kokshetau fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Trondheim and Kokshetau both became progressively more disconnected, while Tazumoddin became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.