Moheshkhali in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moheshkhali plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. While Chittagong and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Moheshkhali's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Moheshkhali's incremental SNDi rose from 6.34 to 6.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moheshkhali ranked 16th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 125th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Linghai, China
• Wakema, Myanmar
• Xiangdong, China
• Comitán, México
• Challakere, India
• Lishu, China

In new street additions, Moheshkhali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Linghai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Comitán built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Moheshkhali and Linghai both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Comitán became progressively more disconnected.