Buhapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Buhapur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Buhapur plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Buhapur followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Buhapur's incremental SNDi fell from 7.83 to 6.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buhapur ranked 18th out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 104th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.12
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 67th of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 8th of 40
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.9
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 104th of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 18th of 40
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Gingoog, Philippines
- Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite, Haiti
- El Milia, Algeria
- Varadero, Cuba
- Saint Michel de l’Attalaye, Haiti
- Zhongxin, China
In new street additions, Buhapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gingoog fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Varadero built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Buhapur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Gingoog became progressively more disconnected and Varadero grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Buhapur and Gingoog have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.