Phulpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Phulpur in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PhulpurMymensingh (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Phulpur plotted against Mymensingh and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Phulpur followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Mymensingh which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Phulpur ranked 2nd out of 24 cities in Mymensingh and 13th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in Bangladesh
13th of 234
Rank in Mymensingh
2nd 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
PhulpurPaikgachaBaoshan

While Paikgacha and Baoshan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Phulpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Phulpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Paikgacha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Baoshan became progressively more disconnected. Phulpur and Paikgacha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.