Chapainawabganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chapainawabganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chapainawabganj plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chapainawabganj's incremental SNDi rose from 6.13 to 8.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chapainawabganj ranked 16th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 100th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.42
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 123rd of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 13th of 37
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.75
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 100th of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 16th of 37
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Chapainawabganj and Homs both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Krasnodar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Chapainawabganj and Homs have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.