Munshir Hat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Munshir Hat in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Munshir Hat plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Munshir Hat followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Munshir Hat's incremental SNDi rose from 2.64 to 6.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Munshir Hat ranked 15th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 116th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.88
Rank in Bangladesh
86th of 234
Rank in Chittagong
9th of 44

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.41
Rank in Bangladesh
116th of 234
Rank in Chittagong
15th 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
Munshir HatGuanareBhabua

In new street additions, Munshir Hat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Guanare built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Bhabua built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Munshir Hat fluctuated in connectivity, while Guanare became progressively more disconnected and Bhabua became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Munshir Hat and Bhabua have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.