Kazipur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kazipur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kazipur plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Kazipur 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, Kazipur's incremental SNDi fell from 11.25 to 10.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kazipur ranked 25th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 161st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 10.62
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 156th of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 17th of 37
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.09
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 161st of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 25th of 37
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Hai'an, China
- Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire
- Tokushima, Japan
- Bukittinggi, Indonesia
- Benipur, India
- Graz, Austria
In new street additions, Kazipur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Hai'an built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bukittinggi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kazipur and Hai'an both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bukittinggi became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Kazipur had a more connected network than Hai'an in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.