Tarail in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tarail in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TarailDhaka (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tarail plotted against Dhaka and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Tarail followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Tarail ranked 12th out of 40 cities in Dhaka and 82nd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.31
Rank in Bangladesh
82nd of 234
Rank in Dhaka
12th of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TarailQinglongAngren

In new street additions, Tarail fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Qinglong built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Angren fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Tarail became progressively more disconnected, while Qinglong became progressively more disconnected and Angren fluctuated in connectivity. Tarail and Angren have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.