Shahajadpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shahajadpur in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShahajadpurRajshahi (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shahajadpur plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shahajadpur's incremental SNDi rose from 9.64 to 10.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shahajadpur ranked 30th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 186th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.81
Rank in Bangladesh
160th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
18th of 37

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
9.75
Rank in Bangladesh
186th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
30th of 37

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

What about similarly populated cities?

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShahajadpurGlasgowColachel

In new street additions, Shahajadpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Glasgow built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Colachel built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shahajadpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Glasgow became progressively more disconnected and Colachel became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Shahajadpur and Colachel have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.