Sathiya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sathiya in context

4681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SathiyaRajshahi (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

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?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SathiyaFenshuiLoveland

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.