Rangunia in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rangunia in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rangunia plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Rangunia rose steadily, compared to Chittagong which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rangunia's incremental SNDi rose from 9.01 to 9.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rangunia ranked 30th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 176th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 9.81
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 149th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 23rd of 44
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.88
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 176th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 30th 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, Rangunia and Osmaniye both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Soyo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Rangunia and Osmaniye both became progressively more disconnected, while Soyo became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.