Shibchar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shibchar in context

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShibcharDhaka (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shibchar plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shibchar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 10.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shibchar ranked 1st out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 23rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.7
Rank in Bangladesh
157th of 234
Rank in Dhaka
29th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.56
Rank in Bangladesh
23rd of 234
Rank in Dhaka
1st of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShibcharPancevoKebri Beyah

While Pančevo and Kebri Beyah both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Shibchar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Pančevo and Kebri Beyah both became progressively more disconnected, while Shibchar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Shibchar and Kebri Beyah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.