Chandpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chandpur in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChandpurChittagong (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chandpur plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Chandpur rose steadily, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Chandpur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.66 to 7.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chandpur ranked 13th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 98th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.06
Rank in Bangladesh
91st of 234
Rank in Chittagong
11th of 44

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.64
Rank in Bangladesh
98th of 234
Rank in Chittagong
13th of 44

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

What about similarly populated cities?

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChandpurGuarenasRamu

In new street additions, Chandpur and Ramu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Guarenas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Chandpur and Guarenas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.