Sunamganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sunamganj in context

681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SunamganjSylhet (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sunamganj plotted against Sylhet and Bangladesh. While Sylhet and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Sunamganj's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sunamganj's incremental SNDi rose from 10.08 to 11.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sunamganj ranked 20th out of 24 cities in Sylhet and 183rd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.7
Rank in Bangladesh
173rd of 234
Rank in Sylhet
19th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
9.64
Rank in Bangladesh
183rd of 234
Rank in Sylhet
20th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SunamganjLafiaWuxue

In new street additions, Sunamganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lafia built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Wuxue fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sunamganj and Lafia both became progressively more disconnected, while Wuxue became progressively more connected. Sunamganj and Wuxue have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.