Banshkhali in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Banshkhali in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Banshkhali plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. While Chittagong and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Banshkhali's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Banshkhali's incremental SNDi rose from 17.17 to 17.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banshkhali ranked 44th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 233rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 17.77
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 217th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 40th of 44
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 17.55
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 233rd of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 44th 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, Banshkhali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Say'un fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bidhuna built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Banshkhali fluctuated in connectivity, while Say'un became progressively more disconnected and Bidhuna became progressively more disconnected.