Kurigram in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kurigram in context

691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KurigramRangpur (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kurigram plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Kurigram rose steadily, compared to Rangpur which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kurigram's incremental SNDi rose from 11.71 to 14.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kurigram ranked 25th out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 197th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
14.58
Rank in Bangladesh
204th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
29th of 30

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
10.59
Rank in Bangladesh
197th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
25th of 30

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KurigramSantaremRajbari

While Santarém and Rajbari both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Kurigram built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kurigram and Santarém have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.