Afamolla in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Afamolla in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Afamolla plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Afamolla rose steadily, compared to Dhaka which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Afamolla's incremental SNDi rose from 11.64 to 14.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Afamolla ranked 37th out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 220th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
14.43
Rank in Bangladesh
203rd of 234
Rank in Dhaka
38th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
13.17
Rank in Bangladesh
220th of 234
Rank in Dhaka
37th of 40

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
AfamollaDebarkLens

In new street additions, Afamolla and Debark both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Lens fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.