Companyganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Companyganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Companyganj plotted against Sylhet and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Companyganj was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Sylhet which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Companyganj's incremental SNDi rose from 7.17 to 7.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Companyganj ranked 15th out of 24 cities in Sylhet and 156th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.41
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 103rd of 234
- Rank in Sylhet
- 12th of 24
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.96
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 156th of 234
- Rank in Sylhet
- 15th of 24
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Companyganj built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Tepi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Gumel built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Tepi and Gumel both became progressively more disconnected, while Companyganj became progressively more connected.