Rajbari in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rajbari in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajbari plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rajbari's incremental SNDi rose from 7.13 to 8.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajbari ranked 27th out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 142nd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.25
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 117th of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 19th of 40
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.26
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 142nd of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 27th of 40
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kurigram, Bangladesh
- Santarém, Brazil
- Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir
- Oucun, China
- Borujerd, Iran
- Pemba, Mozambique
In new street additions, Rajbari and Oucun both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kurigram built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Rajbari and Kurigram both became progressively more disconnected, while Oucun fluctuated in connectivity. Rajbari and Kurigram have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.