Madhabpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Madhabpur in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madhabpur plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. While Chittagong and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Madhabpur's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Madhabpur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.83 to 5.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madhabpur ranked 6th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 26th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.93
Rank in Bangladesh
61st of 234
Rank in Chittagong
5th of 44

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.6
Rank in Bangladesh
26th of 234
Rank in Chittagong
6th of 44

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MadhabpurAl BurumbulKyonghung

While Al Burumbul and Kyonghung both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Madhabpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Madhabpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Al Burumbul grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Kyonghung grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Madhabpur and Al Burumbul have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.