Hakimpara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hakimpara in context

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HakimparaChittagong (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hakimpara plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Hakimpara followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hakimpara's incremental SNDi fell from 4.03 to 3.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hakimpara ranked 5th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 25th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Bangladesh
9th of 234
Rank in Chittagong
1st of 44

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.58
Rank in Bangladesh
25th of 234
Rank in Chittagong
5th of 44

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HakimparaKragujevacPalabuhanratu

In new street additions, Hakimpara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kragujevac built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Palabuhanratu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Hakimpara became progressively more connected, while Kragujevac became progressively more disconnected and Palabuhanratu fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Hakimpara had a more sprawly network than Kragujevac in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.