Shariatpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shariatpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shariatpur plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Shariatpur 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, Shariatpur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.22 to 8.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shariatpur ranked 21st out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 123rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.05
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 115th of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 18th of 40
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.52
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 123rd of 234
- Rank in Dhaka
- 21st of 40
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Shariatpur, Ponta Grossa, and Lipetsk all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Shariatpur and Ponta Grossa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.