Gazipur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gazipur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gazipur plotted against Khulna and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Gazipur was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Khulna which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gazipur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.13 to 7.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gazipur ranked 17th out of 23 cities in Khulna and 150th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.72
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 113th of 234
- Rank in Khulna
- 17th of 23
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.48
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 150th of 234
- Rank in Khulna
- 17th of 23
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Gazipur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while San built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Satbarwa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, San and Satbarwa both became progressively more disconnected, while Gazipur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Gazipur and San have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.