Mehari in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mehari in context

691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MehariChittagong (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mehari plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Mehari 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, Mehari's incremental SNDi rose from 12.35 to 16.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mehari ranked 35th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 201st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
16.1
Rank in Bangladesh
210th of 234
Rank in Chittagong
38th of 44

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
10.66
Rank in Bangladesh
201st of 234
Rank in Chittagong
35th of 44

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

What about similarly populated cities?

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MehariPanama CityVinhedo

While Panama City and Vinhedo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Mehari built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Panama City and Vinhedo both became progressively more disconnected, while Mehari became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.