Dinajpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dinajpur in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dinajpur plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Dinajpur rose steadily, compared to Rangpur which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dinajpur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.1 to 6.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dinajpur ranked 8th out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 47th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.11
Rank in Bangladesh
66th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
13th of 30

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.18
Rank in Bangladesh
47th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
8th of 30

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DinajpurMagelangAmbon

In new street additions, Dinajpur and Magelang both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ambon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Dinajpur had a more connected network than Magelang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.