Bogura in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bogura in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bogura plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Bogura rose steadily, 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, Bogura's incremental SNDi rose from 4.76 to 5.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bogura ranked 9th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 43rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.0
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 37th of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 5th of 37
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.11
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 43rd of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 9th of 37
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Siliguri, India
- Yingkou, China
- Kandahar, Afghanistan
- Zhangjiakou, China
- Zhumadian, China
- Bordeaux, France
In new street additions, Bogura and Siliguri both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zhangjiakou built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Bogura and Siliguri both became progressively more disconnected, while Zhangjiakou became progressively more connected. Bogura and Siliguri have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.