Bagha in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bagha in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bagha plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Bagha peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Rajshahi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bagha's incremental SNDi fell from 3.2 to 3.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bagha ranked 10th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 49th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.14
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 8th of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 2nd of 37
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.25
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 49th of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 10th of 37
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Imishli, Azerbaijan
- Ede, Netherlands
- Mehrabpur, Pakistan
- Taungdwingyi, Myanmar
- Bagdad, Uzbekistan
- Fereydunkenar, Iran
In new street additions, Bagha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Imishli built increasingly connected streets over time and Taungdwingyi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bagha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Imishli became progressively more connected and Taungdwingyi became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Bagha had a more connected network than Imishli in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.