Gopalganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gopalganj in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GopalganjDhaka (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gopalganj plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Gopalganj 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, Gopalganj's incremental SNDi fell from 4.17 to 3.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gopalganj ranked 2nd out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 28th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.85
Rank in Bangladesh
14th of 234
Rank in Dhaka
1st of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in Bangladesh
28th of 234
Rank in Dhaka
2nd of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GopalganjXai-XaiMohammadAbad-e Rigan

In new street additions, Gopalganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Xai-Xai built increasingly disconnected streets over time and MohammadAbad-e Rigan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Gopalganj and Xai-Xai both became progressively more disconnected, while MohammadAbad-e Rigan became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Gopalganj and MohammadAbad-e Rigan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.