Narayanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Narayanpur in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narayanpur plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. While Chittagong and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Narayanpur's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Narayanpur's incremental SNDi rose from 12.7 to 12.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narayanpur ranked 40th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 221st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
12.93
Rank in Bangladesh
187th of 234
Rank in Chittagong
34th of 44

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
13.26
Rank in Bangladesh
221st of 234
Rank in Chittagong
40th of 44

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarayanpurLankaoBasingstoke

In new street additions, Narayanpur and Lankao both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Basingstoke built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Narayanpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Lankao fluctuated in connectivity and Basingstoke became progressively more disconnected. Narayanpur and Basingstoke have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.