Mirsharai in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mirsharai in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mirsharai plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Mirsharai peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mirsharai's incremental SNDi fell from 7.3 to 6.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mirsharai ranked 19th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 133rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.98
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 87th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 10th of 44
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.01
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 133rd of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 19th of 44
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Puliyangudi, India
- Tudun Wada, Nigeria
- Mekoni, Ethiopia
- Gouda, Netherlands
- Palo Negro, Venezuela
- Chervonohrad, Ukraine
While Puliyangudi and Gouda both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Mirsharai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Puliyangudi and Gouda both became progressively more disconnected, while Mirsharai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.