Sathiya in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sathiya in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sathiya plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Sathiya 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, Sathiya's incremental SNDi rose from 7.32 to 11.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sathiya ranked 20th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 140th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 11.46
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 171st of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 21st of 37
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.15
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 140th of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 20th of 37
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Fenshui, China
- Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina
- Lugazi, Uganda
- Loveland, United States
- Tacuarembó, Uruguay
- Moradih, India
In new street additions, Sathiya and Fenshui both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Loveland built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Sathiya and Fenshui both became progressively more disconnected, while Loveland grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.