Joypurhat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Joypurhat in context

456789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
456789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JoypurhatRajshahi (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Joypurhat plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Joypurhat followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Joypurhat's incremental SNDi fell from 6.23 to 4.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Joypurhat ranked 13th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 68th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.49
Rank in Bangladesh
29th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
4th of 37

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.96
Rank in Bangladesh
68th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
13th of 37

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JoypurhatMarivanXupu

In new street additions, Joypurhat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Marivan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Xupu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Joypurhat fluctuated in connectivity, while Marivan became progressively more disconnected and Xupu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.