Sujanagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sujanagar in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sujanagar plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Sujanagar 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, Sujanagar ranked 4th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 10th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in Bangladesh
10th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
4th of 37

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SujanagarAungpanKersa

In new street additions, Sujanagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Aungpan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kersa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Aungpan and Kersa both became progressively more disconnected, while Sujanagar became progressively more disconnected. Sujanagar and Aungpan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.