Chandanaish in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chandanaish in context

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChandanaishChittagong (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chandanaish plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Chandanaish peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Chandanaish's incremental SNDi fell from 17.88 to 16.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chandanaish ranked 43rd out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 232nd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
16.91
Rank in Bangladesh
213th of 234
Rank in Chittagong
39th of 44

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
17.43
Rank in Bangladesh
232nd of 234
Rank in Chittagong
43rd of 44

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

What about similarly populated cities?

51015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
51015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChandanaishChimoioHulan

In new street additions, Chandanaish built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chimoio fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hulan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Chandanaish and Hulan both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chimoio became progressively more disconnected.