Kuchiamora in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kuchiamora in context

5101520<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5101520<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KuchiamoraKhulna (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kuchiamora plotted against Khulna and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Kuchiamora fell steadily, compared to Khulna which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kuchiamora's incremental SNDi fell from 17.3 to 17.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kuchiamora ranked 23rd out of 23 cities in Khulna and 234th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
17.24
Rank in Bangladesh
214th of 234
Rank in Khulna
23rd of 23

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
17.85
Rank in Bangladesh
234th of 234
Rank in Khulna
23rd of 23

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

What about similarly populated cities?

061218<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
061218<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KuchiamoraKakengeLegionowo

In new street additions, Kuchiamora built increasingly connected streets over time, while Kakenge fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Legionowo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kuchiamora became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Kakenge became progressively more disconnected and Legionowo became progressively more disconnected.