Rajendrapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rajendrapur in context

5678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajendrapurDhaka (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajendrapur plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Rajendrapur followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Rajendrapur's incremental SNDi fell from 8.29 to 7.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajendrapur ranked 25th out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 131st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.02
Rank in Bangladesh
90th of 234
Rank in Dhaka
12th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.94
Rank in Bangladesh
131st of 234
Rank in Dhaka
25th of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

8162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
8162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajendrapurHabil al Jazi`Laukhi

In new street additions, Rajendrapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Habil al Jazi` fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Laukhi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rajendrapur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Habil al Jazi` grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Laukhi fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Rajendrapur had a more sprawly network than Laukhi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.