Mohanganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mohanganj in context

456789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
456789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MohanganjMymensingh (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mohanganj plotted against Mymensingh and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Mohanganj rose steadily, compared to Mymensingh which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mohanganj's incremental SNDi rose from 6.91 to 8.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mohanganj ranked 15th out of 24 cities in Mymensingh and 88th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.27
Rank in Bangladesh
118th of 234
Rank in Mymensingh
17th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.44
Rank in Bangladesh
88th of 234
Rank in Mymensingh
15th 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
MohanganjBaiaAli Pur Chatha

While Baía and Ali Pur Chatha both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Mohanganj built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Mohanganj and Ali Pur Chatha both became progressively more disconnected, while Baía grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Mohanganj and Baía have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.