Madhupur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Madhupur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madhupur plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Madhupur peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Madhupur's incremental SNDi fell from 7.72 to 5.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madhupur ranked 11th out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 80th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.81
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 58th of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 7th of 40
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.26
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 80th of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 11th of 40
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Dikwa and Chenxi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Madhupur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Madhupur and Dikwa both became progressively more disconnected, while Chenxi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Madhupur had a more connected network than Chenxi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.