Chengarchar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chengarchar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chengarchar plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Chengarchar peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Chengarchar's incremental SNDi fell from 11.58 to 11.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chengarchar ranked 33rd out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 196th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 11.2
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 165th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 29th of 44
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 10.51
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 196th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 33rd of 44
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Balneário Camboriú, Brazil
- Wanlaweyn, Somalia
- Zhongxiang, China
- Sonsonate, El Salvador
- Chiping, China
In new street additions, Chengarchar and Zhongxiang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Rutshuru built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.