Meherpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Meherpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Meherpur plotted against Khulna and Bangladesh. While Khulna and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Meherpur's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Meherpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.2 to 5.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Meherpur ranked 5th out of 23 cities in Khulna and 44th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.51
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 51st of 234
- Rank in Khulna
- 8th of 23
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.12
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 44th of 234
- Rank in Khulna
- 5th 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, Meherpur and Majri both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bako built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Meherpur and Majri both became progressively more disconnected, while Bako became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.