Ullapara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ullapara in context

6912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
6912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UllaparaRajshahi (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ullapara plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Ullapara was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Ullapara's incremental SNDi rose from 8.56 to 12.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ullapara ranked 23rd out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 147th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
12.69
Rank in Bangladesh
184th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
23rd of 37

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.37
Rank in Bangladesh
147th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
23rd 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
UllaparaSiraCeyhan

In new street additions, Ullapara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Sira fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ceyhan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Ullapara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Sira fluctuated in connectivity and Ceyhan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.