Gangachara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gangachara in context

56789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
56789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GangacharaRangpur (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gangachara plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Gangachara peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Rangpur which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gangachara's incremental SNDi fell from 7.24 to 6.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gangachara ranked 19th out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 128th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.98
Rank in Bangladesh
88th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
15th of 30

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.85
Rank in Bangladesh
128th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
19th of 30

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GangacharaFuqingLokoja

In new street additions, Gangachara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Fuqing built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Lokoja built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Gangachara and Lokoja both became progressively more disconnected, while Fuqing grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.