Gabtali in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gabtali in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GabtaliRajshahi (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gabtali plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Gabtali 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, Gabtali ranked 2nd out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 7th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in Bangladesh
7th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
2nd of 37

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GabtaliGadarpurBokakhat

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