Melandaha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Melandaha in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MelandahaMymensingh (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Melandaha plotted against Mymensingh and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Melandaha rose steadily, compared to Mymensingh which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Melandaha's incremental SNDi rose from 9.24 to 11.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Melandaha ranked 22nd out of 24 cities in Mymensingh and 181st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.19
Rank in Bangladesh
164th of 234
Rank in Mymensingh
21st of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
9.4
Rank in Bangladesh
181st of 234
Rank in Mymensingh
22nd of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MelandahaIrigaKhambhat

In new street additions, Melandaha built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Iriga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Khambhat built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Melandaha became progressively more disconnected, while Iriga fluctuated in connectivity and Khambhat became progressively more connected. Melandaha and Khambhat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.