Mahmudpur 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 Mahmudpur plotted against Mymensingh and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Mahmudpur was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Mymensingh which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mahmudpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.83 to 6.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mahmudpur ranked 13th out of 24 cities in Mymensingh and 69th 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?

• Ponnur, India
• Wanzhi, China
• Ratodero, Pakistan
• Novi Pazar, Serbia
• Gyor, Hungary
• Al Halawat, Egypt

While Ponnur and Novi Pazar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Mahmudpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Ponnur and Novi Pazar both became progressively more disconnected, while Mahmudpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Mahmudpur and Ponnur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.