বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath in context: Street-network sprawl trends

bishbnaath - Biswanath in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
bishbnaath - BiswanathSylhet (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath plotted against Sylhet and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sylhet which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath's incremental SNDi fell from 5.09 to 4.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath ranked 6th out of 24 cities in Sylhet and 64th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.45
Rank in Bangladesh
27th of 234
Rank in Sylhet
5th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.8
Rank in Bangladesh
64th of 234
Rank in Sylhet
6th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
bishbnaath - BiswanathDarwhaAbu Kamal

In new street additions, বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Darwha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Abu Kamal built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Darwha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Abu Kamal became progressively more disconnected. বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath and Darwha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.