Malikbeg in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Malikbeg in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malikbeg plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Malikbeg was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Rangpur which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Malikbeg's incremental SNDi rose from 12.6 to 13.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malikbeg ranked 28th out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 218th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 13.48
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 196th of 234
- Rank in Rangpur
- 27th of 30
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 13.0
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 218th of 234
- Rank in Rangpur
- 28th of 30
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Syktyvkar, Russia
- Gamharia, India
- La Vega, Dominican Republic
- Qianjiang, China
- Santai, China
- García, México
In new street additions, Malikbeg built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Syktyvkar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Qianjiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Syktyvkar and Qianjiang both became progressively more disconnected, while Malikbeg became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.