Jashore 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 Jashore plotted against Khulna and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Jashore rose steadily, compared to Khulna which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jashore's incremental SNDi rose from 6.23 to 7.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jashore ranked 11th out of 23 cities in Khulna and 91st 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?

• Nuremberg, Germany
• Thalassery, India
• Dhule, India
• Changzhi, China
• Fuzhou, China
• Weihai, China

While Nuremberg and Changzhi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Jashore built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Jashore and Nuremberg both became progressively more disconnected, while Changzhi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Jashore and Nuremberg have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.