Faridpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Faridpur in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Faridpur plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Faridpur 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, Faridpur's incremental SNDi fell from 7.72 to 3.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Faridpur ranked 22nd out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 143rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in Bangladesh
7th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
1st of 37

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.3
Rank in Bangladesh
143rd of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
22nd of 37

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FaridpurQingyuanGenteng

While Qingyuan and Genteng both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Faridpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Qingyuan and Genteng both became progressively more disconnected, while Faridpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Faridpur and Qingyuan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.