Satkhira in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Satkhira in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Satkhira plotted against Khulna and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Satkhira rose steadily, compared to Khulna which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Satkhira's incremental SNDi rose from 5.18 to 6.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Satkhira ranked 9th out of 23 cities in Khulna and 71st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.23
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 73rd of 234
- Rank in Khulna
- 9th of 23
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.0
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 71st of 234
- Rank in Khulna
- 9th of 23
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Manono, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw], Myanmar
- Xingping, China
- Cascavel, Brazil
- Pokhariya, Nepal
- Naga, Philippines
In new street additions, Satkhira and Cascavel both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Manono built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.