Bahubal in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bahubal in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bahubal plotted against Sylhet and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Bahubal rose steadily, compared to Sylhet which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bahubal's incremental SNDi rose from 7.43 to 7.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bahubal ranked 11th out of 24 cities in Sylhet and 115th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.44
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 104th of 234
- Rank in Sylhet
- 13th of 24
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.37
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 115th of 234
- Rank in Sylhet
- 11th of 24
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Playa del Carmen, México
- Częstochowa, Poland
- Larbaa, Algeria
- Jehanabad, India
- Chittorgarh, India
- Samarra, Iraq
In new street additions, Bahubal and Jehanabad both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Playa del Carmen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bahubal and Jehanabad both became progressively more disconnected, while Playa del Carmen fluctuated in connectivity. Bahubal and Jehanabad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.