Brahmanbaria in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brahmanbaria in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrahmanbariaDhaka (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brahmanbaria plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Brahmanbaria's incremental SNDi rose from 4.83 to 9.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brahmanbaria ranked 8th out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 65th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.68
Rank in Bangladesh
146th of 234
Rank in Dhaka
26th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.88
Rank in Bangladesh
65th of 234
Rank in Dhaka
8th of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrahmanbariaAhwazLinyi

In new street additions, Brahmanbaria and Linyi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ahwaz built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Brahmanbaria and Ahwaz have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.