Dhunat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dhunat in context

691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DhunatRajshahi (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dhunat plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Dhunat 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, Dhunat's incremental SNDi rose from 11.31 to 14.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dhunat ranked 35th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 210th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
14.75
Rank in Bangladesh
206th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
26th of 37

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
11.6
Rank in Bangladesh
210th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
35th of 37

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DhunatPuniaMurom

While Punia and Murom both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Dhunat built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.