Feni in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Feni in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Feni plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. While Chittagong and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Feni's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Feni's incremental SNDi rose from 7.61 to 11.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Feni ranked 20th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 138th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 11.39
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 170th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 31st of 44
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.11
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 138th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 20th of 44
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Caxias do Sul, Brazil
- Muzaffargarh, Pakistan
- Tongling, China
- Djelfa, Algeria
- Macapá, Brazil
- Chuxiong, China
In new street additions, Feni and Djelfa both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Caxias do Sul built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Feni and Caxias do Sul both became progressively more disconnected, while Djelfa fluctuated in connectivity. Feni and Djelfa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.