Haluaghat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Haluaghat in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HaluaghatMymensingh (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Haluaghat plotted against Mymensingh and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Haluaghat peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Mymensingh which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Haluaghat's incremental SNDi fell from 4.32 to 3.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haluaghat ranked 3rd out of 24 cities in Mymensingh and 15th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in Bangladesh
13th of 234
Rank in Mymensingh
5th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Bangladesh
15th of 234
Rank in Mymensingh
3rd of 24

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
HaluaghatDondoChachoengsao

While Dondo and Chachoengsao both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Haluaghat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Haluaghat had a more sprawly network than Dondo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.