Sherpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sherpur in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SherpurRajshahi (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sherpur plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Sherpur followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Sherpur ranked 3rd out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 8th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.64
Rank in Bangladesh
8th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
3rd of 37

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.622.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SherpurDianjiangChabahar

In new street additions, Sherpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dianjiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Chabahar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sherpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Dianjiang became progressively more disconnected and Chabahar became progressively more connected. Notably, Sherpur had a more sprawly network than Chabahar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.