Panchagarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Panchagarh in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Panchagarh plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Panchagarh rose steadily, compared to Rangpur which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Panchagarh's incremental SNDi rose from 8.81 to 9.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Panchagarh ranked 22nd out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 164th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 9.47
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 140th of 234
- Rank in Rangpur
- 21st of 30
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.2
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 164th of 234
- Rank in Rangpur
- 22nd of 30
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Panchagarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pacitan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Marabá built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Panchagarh and Marabá have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.