Mollar Char in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mollar Char in context

4681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mollar CharMymensingh (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mollar Char plotted against Mymensingh and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Mollar Char 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, Mollar Char's incremental SNDi rose from 10.17 to 11.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mollar Char ranked 24th out of 24 cities in Mymensingh and 198th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.82
Rank in Bangladesh
176th of 234
Rank in Mymensingh
22nd of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
10.59
Rank in Bangladesh
198th of 234
Rank in Mymensingh
24th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mollar CharBangarmauSanta Clara

While Bangarmau and Santa Clara both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Mollar Char built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Mollar Char became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Bangarmau grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Santa Clara became progressively more disconnected.