Alamdanga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Alamdanga in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlamdangaKhulna (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Alamdanga plotted against Khulna and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Alamdanga was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Khulna which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Alamdanga's incremental SNDi rose from 4.5 to 6.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Alamdanga ranked 4th out of 23 cities in Khulna and 32nd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.5
Rank in Bangladesh
78th of 234
Rank in Khulna
10th of 23

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.86
Rank in Bangladesh
32nd of 234
Rank in Khulna
4th of 23

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlamdangaDarlingtonKingston

While Darlington and Kingston both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Alamdanga built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Darlington and Kingston both became progressively more disconnected, while Alamdanga became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.