Madaripur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Madaripur in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madaripur plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Madaripur 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, Madaripur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.76 to 6.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madaripur ranked 3rd out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 29th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.34
Rank in Bangladesh
75th of 234
Rank in Dhaka
9th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.78
Rank in Bangladesh
29th of 234
Rank in Dhaka
3rd of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MadaripurMagdeburgKaechon

In new street additions, Madaripur and Magdeburg both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kaechon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Madaripur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Magdeburg became progressively more disconnected and Kaechon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Madaripur and Kaechon have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.