Katiadi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Katiadi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Katiadi plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Katiadi 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, Katiadi's incremental SNDi rose from 7.03 to 7.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Katiadi ranked 10th out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 79th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.72
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 112th of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 17th of 40
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.23
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 79th of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 10th of 40
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Katiadi and Manfalut both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xichuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Katiadi and Manfalut both became progressively more disconnected, while Xichuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Katiadi had a more connected network than Manfalut in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.