Lalmonirhat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lalmonirhat in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lalmonirhat plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Lalmonirhat peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Rangpur which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lalmonirhat's incremental SNDi fell from 8.29 to 7.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lalmonirhat ranked 20th out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 146th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.47
Rank in Bangladesh
105th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
18th of 30

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.34
Rank in Bangladesh
146th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
20th 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
LalmonirhatTlaxcalaGuantanamo

In new street additions, Lalmonirhat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tlaxcala built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Guantanamo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Lalmonirhat and Tlaxcala have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.