Rangamati in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rangamati in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rangamati plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Rangamati was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rangamati's incremental SNDi rose from 7.72 to 10.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rangamati ranked 21st out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 144th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 10.72
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 159th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 26th of 44
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.32
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 144th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 21st of 44
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Rangamati built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Chenxi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Panshi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Rangamati became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Chenxi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Panshi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.