Malumghat Bazar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Malumghat Bazar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malumghat Bazar plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Malumghat Bazar was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Malumghat Bazar's incremental SNDi rose from 7.11 to 8.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malumghat Bazar ranked 26th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 155th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.37
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 120th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 14th of 44
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.69
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 155th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 26th of 44
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Malumghat Bazar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Hendek built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sujapur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Malumghat Bazar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Hendek grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sujapur became progressively more disconnected. Malumghat Bazar and Sujapur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.