Madarganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madarganj plotted against Mymensingh and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Madarganj followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Mymensingh which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Madarganj's incremental SNDi fell from 7.2 to 6.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madarganj ranked 19th out of 24 cities in Mymensingh and 139th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Brass, Nigeria
• Hoechang, North Korea
• Fanjiatun, China
• Polashbari, Bangladesh
• Shadegan, Iran
• Nagina, India

In new street additions, Madarganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Brass built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Polashbari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Madarganj became progressively more connected, while Brass became progressively more disconnected and Polashbari became progressively more disconnected. Madarganj and Brass have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.