Narail in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Narail in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarailKhulna (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narail plotted against Khulna and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Narail followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Khulna which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Narail's incremental SNDi fell from 6.09 to 2.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narail ranked 7th out of 23 cities in Khulna and 61st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in Bangladesh
5th of 234
Rank in Khulna
1st of 23

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.6
Rank in Bangladesh
61st of 234
Rank in Khulna
7th of 23

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarailMarignaneJuchitan

In new street additions, Narail fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Marignane built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Juchitán built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Narail fluctuated in connectivity, while Marignane became progressively more disconnected and Juchitán became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Narail had a more sprawly network than Marignane in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.