Naldanga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Naldanga in context

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NaldangaRangpur (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Naldanga plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Naldanga rose steadily, compared to Rangpur which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Naldanga's incremental SNDi rose from 5.22 to 7.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Naldanga ranked 10th out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 58th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.2
Rank in Bangladesh
94th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
17th of 30

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.55
Rank in Bangladesh
58th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
10th of 30

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NaldangaBatayskXinjiang

In new street additions, Naldanga built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bataysk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Xinjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Naldanga and Bataysk both became progressively more disconnected, while Xinjiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Naldanga had a more connected network than Bataysk in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.