Netrokona in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Netrokona in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Netrokona plotted against Mymensingh and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Netrokona rose steadily, compared to Mymensingh which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Netrokona's incremental SNDi rose from 4.83 to 6.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Netrokona ranked 6th out of 24 cities in Mymensingh and 33rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.0
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 62nd of 234
- Rank in Mymensingh
- 13th of 24
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.87
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 33rd of 234
- Rank in Mymensingh
- 6th of 24
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Netrokona and Thanlyin both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mollasani built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Netrokona had a more connected network than Mollasani in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.