Golapganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Golapganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Golapganj plotted against Sylhet and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Golapganj peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sylhet which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Golapganj's incremental SNDi fell from 6.95 to 6.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Golapganj ranked 12th out of 24 cities in Sylhet and 126th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.14
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 70th of 234
- Rank in Sylhet
- 9th of 24
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.67
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 126th of 234
- Rank in Sylhet
- 12th 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, Golapganj and Tianmen both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Uruapan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Tianmen and Uruapan both became progressively more disconnected, while Golapganj grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.