Saghatta in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Saghatta in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Saghatta plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Saghatta followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Rangpur which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Saghatta's incremental SNDi fell from 9.02 to 8.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Saghatta ranked 23rd out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 168th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.72
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 128th of 234
- Rank in Rangpur
- 20th of 30
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.39
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 168th of 234
- Rank in Rangpur
- 23rd of 30
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Shujaabad, Pakistan
- Lingshan, China
- Kahalgaon, India
- Cixian, China
- Puli Khumri, Afghanistan
- Pleiku, Vietnam
In new street additions, Saghatta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shujaabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Cixian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Saghatta became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Shujaabad fluctuated in connectivity and Cixian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.