Gafargaon in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gafargaon in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gafargaon plotted against Mymensingh and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Gafargaon rose steadily, compared to Mymensingh which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gafargaon's incremental SNDi rose from 5.39 to 5.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gafargaon ranked 14th out of 24 cities in Mymensingh and 73rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.39
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 47th of 234
- Rank in Mymensingh
- 9th of 24
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.01
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 73rd of 234
- Rank in Mymensingh
- 14th of 24
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Nyunzu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Heemskerk, Netherlands
- Sittwe, Myanmar
- Bindki, India
- Haojiang, China
- Baffa, Pakistan
In new street additions, Gafargaon built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nyunzu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bindki built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Gafargaon and Bindki both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Nyunzu became progressively more disconnected.