Ghatail in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ghatail in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ghatail plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Ghatail followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Ghatail's incremental SNDi fell from 5.69 to 4.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghatail ranked 7th out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 51st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.28
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 22nd of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 2nd of 40
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.29
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 51st of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 7th of 40
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sagamu, Nigeria
- Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia
- Payakumbuh, Indonesia
- Suizhong, China
- Tacheng, China
- Jia, China
In new street additions, Ghatail fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sagamu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Suizhong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ghatail fluctuated in connectivity, while Sagamu became progressively more disconnected and Suizhong became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.