Akhaura in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Akhaura in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Akhaura plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Akhaura followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Akhaura's incremental SNDi fell from 7.68 to 7.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akhaura ranked 24th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 152nd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.58
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 106th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 13th of 44
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.57
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 152nd of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 24th of 44
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Akhaura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fengdu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ruwa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Akhaura fluctuated in connectivity, while Fengdu fluctuated in connectivity and Ruwa became progressively more disconnected. Akhaura and Ruwa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.