Shahrasti in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shahrasti in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shahrasti plotted against Chittagong and Bangladesh. While Chittagong and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Shahrasti's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shahrasti's incremental SNDi rose from 8.81 to 15.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shahrasti ranked 38th out of 44 cities in Chittagong and 207th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 15.74
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 209th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 37th of 44
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 11.44
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 207th of 234
- Rank in Chittagong
- 38th of 44
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Seoni, India
- Haroonabad, Pakistan
- Tiantai County, China
- Anpara, India
- Beni Muhammadiyat, Egypt
- Lago Norte, Brazil
In new street additions, Shahrasti and Anpara both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Seoni built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Shahrasti had a more connected network than Anpara in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.