Saidpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Saidpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Saidpur plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Saidpur peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Rangpur which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Saidpur's incremental SNDi fell from 4.76 to 4.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Saidpur ranked 11th out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 62nd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.43
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 26th of 234
- Rank in Rangpur
- 3rd of 30
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.68
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 62nd of 234
- Rank in Rangpur
- 11th 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, Saidpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Bugama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Timika built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Saidpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bugama became progressively more disconnected and Timika became progressively more disconnected. Saidpur and Timika have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.