Haria Hossainpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Haria Hossainpur in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Haria Hossainpur plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. While Chittagong and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Haria Hossainpur's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Haria Hossainpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.51 to 4.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haria Hossainpur ranked 7th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 31st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.21
Rank in Bangladesh
19th of 234
Rank in Chittagong
2nd of 44

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.84
Rank in Bangladesh
31st of 234
Rank in Chittagong
7th of 44

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Haria HossainpurShilinCiudad Mante

In new street additions, Haria Hossainpur and Ciudad Mante both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shilin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Haria Hossainpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Shilin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ciudad Mante became progressively more disconnected. Haria Hossainpur and Shilin have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.