Ramu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ramu in context

6810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
6810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RamuChittagong (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ramu plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Ramu rose steadily, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ramu's incremental SNDi rose from 8.86 to 10.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ramu ranked 28th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 163rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.39
Rank in Bangladesh
153rd of 234
Rank in Chittagong
25th of 44

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
8.19
Rank in Bangladesh
163rd of 234
Rank in Chittagong
28th of 44

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

What about similarly populated cities?

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RamuChandpurHosur

Ramu, Chandpur, and Hosur all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.