Dalauabari in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dalauabari in context

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DalauabariRajshahi (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dalauabari plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Dalauabari followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Dalauabari ranked 6th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 34th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.9
Rank in Bangladesh
34th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
6th of 37

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DalauabariSibiDangtu

In new street additions, Dalauabari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sibi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dangtu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Dalauabari fluctuated in connectivity, while Sibi fluctuated in connectivity and Dangtu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Dalauabari had a more connected network than Sibi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.