Louhajang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Louhajang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Louhajang plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Louhajang's incremental SNDi rose from 5.71 to 6.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Louhajang ranked 19th out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 111th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.59
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 80th of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 10th of 40
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.22
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 111th of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 19th of 40
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Huambo, Angola
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Oyo, Nigeria
- Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Zhoukou, China
- Lipa, Philippines
In new street additions, Louhajang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Huambo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Nottingham built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Huambo and Nottingham both became progressively more disconnected, while Louhajang fluctuated in connectivity.