Khagrachhari in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khagrachhari in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khagrachhari plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Khagrachhari rose steadily, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khagrachhari's incremental SNDi rose from 8.75 to 10.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khagrachhari ranked 18th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 132nd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 10.18
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 151st of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 24th of 44
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.01
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 132nd of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 18th of 44
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Khagrachhari, Longmen, and Gouder all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Khagrachhari and Longmen have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.