Birampur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Birampur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Birampur plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Birampur peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Rangpur which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Birampur's incremental SNDi fell from 6.62 to 5.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Birampur ranked 16th out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 84th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.89
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 60th of 234
- Rank in Rangpur
- 11th of 30
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.36
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 84th of 234
- Rank in Rangpur
- 16th of 30
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Melilla, Spain
- Joetsu, Japan
- Houndé, Burkina Faso
- Lakhna, India
- Behror, India
- Bethlehem, South Africa
In new street additions, Birampur and Melilla both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lakhna fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Birampur and Melilla both became progressively more disconnected, while Lakhna fluctuated in connectivity. Birampur and Melilla have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.