Bhandaria: city in Barisal, Bangladesh
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
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Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Bhandaria as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 2.58, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, 2.81, 1.5 and nan. Data was not available in 1975 and 2001-2014.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Bhandaria spans a total of 30 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of nan, which is highly disconnected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are nan, 2.81, 2.71 and 2.58. Data was not available in 1975.
Bhandaria and Barisal do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Barisal rose steadily.
How do development practices in Bhandaria fare in comparison to others in Barisal? out of the 9 cities in Barisal. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Bhandaria ranked 4th in 1976-1990 and 4th in 1991-2000. There was no ranking in 1975 and 2001-2014 due to unavailable data.
Bhandaria and Bangladesh do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Bangladesh rose steadily.
How do development practices in Bhandaria fare in comparison to others in Bangladesh? out of the 157 cities in Bangladesh. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Bangladesh, street construction in Bhandaria has become more connected. Bhandaria ranked 59th in 1976-1990 and 66th in 1991-2000. There was no ranking in 1975 and 2001-2014 due to unavailable data.
Bhandaria and Barisal do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Barisal rose steadily.
To date, Bhandaria is the 8th-most disconnected out of the 9 cities in Barisal. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Barisal, the street network in Bhandaria has become more connected. Bhandaria ranked 4th in 1976-1990, 5th in 1991-2000 and 8th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
Bhandaria and Bangladesh do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Bangladesh rose steadily.
To date, Bhandaria is the 97th-most disconnected out of the 157 cities in Bangladesh. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Bangladesh, the street network in Bhandaria has become more connected. Bhandaria ranked 62nd in 1976-1990, 76th in 1991-2000 and 97th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Bhandaria had a built-up area of 7.02 square kilometers, and a population of 64761 people.
These are some other cities with approximately the same population: