Bheramara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bheramara plotted against Khulna and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Bheramara rose steadily, compared to Khulna which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bheramara's incremental SNDi rose from 7.38 to 7.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bheramara ranked 13th out of 23 cities in Khulna and 112th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Diancheng, China
• Idanre, Nigeria
• Pouso Alegre, Brazil
• Campbelltown, Australia
• Barlekha, Bangladesh
• Siruguppa, India

In new street additions, Bheramara built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Diancheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Campbelltown built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bheramara became progressively more disconnected, while Diancheng fluctuated in connectivity and Campbelltown grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bheramara and Diancheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.