Paikgacha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Paikgacha in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paikgacha plotted against Khulna and Bangladesh. While Khulna and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Paikgacha's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Paikgacha's incremental SNDi rose from 5.06 to 7.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Paikgacha ranked 18th out of 23 cities in Khulna and 154th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.67
Rank in Bangladesh
110th of 234
Rank in Khulna
16th of 23

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.69
Rank in Bangladesh
154th of 234
Rank in Khulna
18th of 23

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PaikgachaTongyeong-siPhulpur

In new street additions, Paikgacha and Tongyeong-si both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Phulpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Paikgacha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tongyeong-si fluctuated in connectivity and Phulpur fluctuated in connectivity. Paikgacha and Tongyeong-si have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.