Baneshwar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baneshwar in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaneshwarRajshahi (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baneshwar plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Baneshwar peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Baneshwar's incremental SNDi fell from 6.17 to 3.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baneshwar ranked 7th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 35th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.59
Rank in Bangladesh
12th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
3rd of 37

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.91
Rank in Bangladesh
35th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
7th of 37

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaneshwarMambasaAdet

In new street additions, Baneshwar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mambasa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Adet built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Baneshwar and Adet both became progressively more disconnected, while Mambasa became progressively more connected. Baneshwar and Mambasa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.